"Unique" is not the criteria for patentability, the criteria is that it be "new, useful and unobvious". For business processes, there is another...

Someone is copying and pasting posts w/names from another site/forum to my site. can i get in trouble for that?

See an Internet attorney about a DMCA compliance policy and you will have the solution to your problem. The DMCA has a "safe harbor" provision for...

The Library of Congres images vs. Wikipedia Public Domain

Which? Both are right. The LOC listing you cite says the copyright was 1922. The copyright is thus expired and the item is public domain. You can...

Can a patent attorney/agent give you advice about an idea you trying to patent?

YES and most will. M ost patent attorneys have experience with both successful inventors and unsuccessful i nventors and can objectively spot the...

To register a trademark for a phrase, do I need a subject/noun in the phrase?

You bet your _____ you can register it if someone does not already have something likely to be confused with it. The problem is, as you say, others...

Can I add a coke commercial to my video program without permissin

NO, that would be copyright infringement under 17 USC 501http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/501 and trademark infringement under 15 USC 1114...

If I write a nonfiction story with an intention to publish as a book or as a screenplay or both, can I use real names?

You are smart to know you need an attorney for this and smart to ask here for advice on what kind to use. You want an Entertainment or Intellectual...

I want to write a book using other peoples's stories that I will audiorecord. What type of permission to I need to obtain?

Yes, you need a lawyer. Your need a release of publicity rights, a copyright release, a waiver of any defamation claim, a promise to execute...

It is a business call for you to make whether or not you use posters. You have to weigh risks and rewards. Legally this is probably not fair use....

I was a model

If you never gave permission and the use by the website is for commercial purposes, then you have a claim of breech of rights of publicity and/or...