Can I make a bumper sticker referring to a theme park without using the name?

Are you planning on just putting the described bumper sticker on your own car, or are you planning on making these and selling them? That is a big...

What do you do when you are injured by a poor product design?

I agree with my colleague. There are essentially two required halves to any civil lawsuit: 1) there has to be wrongful and actionable conduct or...

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I have an outline for a book and I am talking to a "ghost writer". How do I protect it?

Likewise, please see my response to the other question you posted on the same issue. NOTE: Because every legal matter is different, and cannot...

I have an outline for a book and I am talking to a "ghost writer". How do I protect it?

You need to keep in mind that a copyright does not protect the IDEA underlying a written work, but instead just the actual EXPRESSION of that idea....

I have an underage consumption from a year ago...

A year after you complete or completed your sentence (paid your fine, did any jail time, completed counseling, etc.), you can move to have your...

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If someone creates a website dedicated to nude pictures of you in an effort to blackmail you, is that illegal?

In most jurisdictions, your ex-boyfriend’s threat qualifies as criminal and civil extortion. The fact that you have the threat in writing helps...

When does the copyright infringement statute of limitations expire for online material?

The statute of limitations for copyright infringement is “three years after the claim accrued.” There can be multiple accrual dates if the...

Federal Trademark Infringement

It would appear to me that, if you sell a service (not a product) in conjunction with your trademark, and the book basically offers the same...

Two things to note here. First, the photographs are not "later" copyrighted. Any copyright arises at the moment that the picture is fixed in any...

What is a 100 day notice entered by the court in a civil proceeding

The 150-day order will set forth a date by which a motion to set must be filed (or an arbitration award filed) in order to keep the case on the...