Copyrighted characters and cakes...

Your sculpting of copyrighted characters is likely infringing. These cakes are probably derivative works in violation of 17 USC 106. As a...

Logos and trademark infringement .

Actually, it sounds like you have listed the main actions you need. As uneasy as you are about your logo, I would suggest you have one of us do a...

Cyber attack, hacking, web security and lawsuits . Looking to hire a lawyer but do not understand which type would be best?

Not a legal question, really. You could simply have your services agreement include assumption of risk by the customer as to possible unauthorized...

If you buy a PlayStation for personal use and take it into your business for commercial business use [promoting the other goods and services you...

Can I include excerpts from academic textbooks to be used as part of my online fee-based course to teach the TOEFL exam?

That is likely legal ["fair use" under 17 USC 107] provided you take no more than is absolutely required to reasonably provide class instruction,...

No, that would violate Federal Law 15 USC 1125 and likely your state trademark and unfair competition and fraud statutes as well. You need...

Trademark application question re: intent to use

This is permitted and, fortunately, is likely a relatively harmless error easily corrected. If it is already in use and you or your client signed...

What should my friend do?? my friend scare

Congratulations, you are lucky. Your ISP has apparently cleared you, provided this time you really stop. If you deleted all the files and the...

I want to create a logo similar to another, but not to sell,

Making them look similar to famous logos. Very risky. Most trademarks are registered independent of colors, so that will likely be irrelevant. For...

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Can we be charged more than double the normal price for usage if we accidentally used a copyrighted picture on our website?

You are wrong on a number of levels. Wrong to use a picture without knowing it is public domain. Wrong in thinking you can't be charged more than...