Trademark infringement is a "strict liability" offense - you don't have to know you're violating someone else's trademark and you don't have to...

Not without the athlete's permission, certainly, and potentially the team or league's permission if the drawing features the athlete in uniform....

Are we in trademark violation?

Unless you have the authorization of the resort to use its logo in connection with your pickleball games, you could be found liable for trademark...

Can I threaten a company to sue for false advertising?

No, you probably don't. The company rightly informed you of the storage capacity of the internal memory; the fact that pre-loaded programs and the...

Is it legal parodying magazine cover?

You should absolutely have local IP counsel review what you're producing - there was a decision not too long ago in the 9th Circuit (California)...

Question RE: Selling Copyright to Work of Art if I'm keeping some of the rights?

This sounds like a pretty complex IP issue to try to resolve without an attorney; it's almost certainly going to be worth your money to retain...

Don't. Get a trademark lawyer and have him or her answer the letter for you. They're asking you for a list of facts they can use to sue you for...

When there's no written agreement as to using someone's name or likeness, the default is a right of publicity/privacy on the part of the person in...

Well, the problem is that trademarks aren't like copyrights - you can't come up with the idea on your own and then use it. With trademarks, they...

I have a friend who said she was gonna copyright her name? I questioned it.

You cannot copyright a person's name. If the person is famous, there may be some right of publicity involved in the use of the name, while it may...