I think I need a business lawyer

I am a trademark litigator in Illinois (Alton). You need to talk to me or someone like me to review your facts confidentially and determine your...

Can I publish the novels that my grandmother wrote before her death but never published?

The copyrights in those last her life plus 70 years, so her estate has a copyright until 2070 in those. Being you are a grandchild, you need the...

I want to create a funny commercial for a small company. Is it legal to do the following?

This is likely to be copyright infringement if you do it without assistance of counsel and likely not to be copyright infringement if you hire...

Can a company use another company's tag line?

This is probably okay if that is all you are doing that is similar, and nothing else is similar, including your business model. And, if that is all...

Educational university video shows my tutor in the end credits.He got really upset we showed him. Is he right?

I think you take the prior advice and delete the and credit footage of the annoyed tutor unless you can get him calmed down enough to give you...

Copyright Question.....

You should use the online process called eCO, which you can get to at this link http://www.copyright.gov/eco/notice.html There is only one form...

If I want to start a blog platform, who owns the intellectual property rights to the posts?

you can clearly sell your blog to a larger company and they would just take over management of the blog, which is relatively seamless to the...

Television Concept Infringement

It certainly sounds so. You should see a copyright lawyer, intellectual property lawyer or entertainment lawyer right away who deals with...

A comedy cartoon, presumably satirical or for commentary (e.g. Tina Fey's famous portrayal of Sarah Palin's "I know foreign policy, I see can...

I have registered a copyright but I have not put "Inc" in the name of the copyright holder. Will this be an issue?

This is insignificant, really, as any Court would find that the Certificate means your business and none other. However, it would be well to...