Citing "work made for hire" is a simple answer, but no necessarily the correct answer. Work made for hire is a highly fact-intensive inquiry...

In addition to copyright, there may be other issues at play. For example, there may be trademarks associated with the movie that are still in force...

Your questions covers a lot of ground and copyright law is likely only a part of it. Since the intellectual property laws vary from country to...

Your hypothetical involves multiple licensing issues, any one of which could get you into trouble. There may be multiple licenses required for...

Your plan, as presented, is likely a copyright infringement. However, there are a number of images readily available that you can use without...

Federal registration provides a number of significant benefits. If you do not renew your trademark registration, your federal registration will be...

Finding a name for new business , name is available but is on social media with a # before it , can I trademark it ?

It's important to view the potential trademark in context. Not all uses of a word qualify as "trademark usage" under US trademark law. Just because...

Trademark is currently registered 1a (being used in commerce)....

As mentioned by the other attorneys, if you're not using the trademark you can't renew the registration. Do you intend to permanently abandon your...

There are a lot of potential legal issues that can arise whenever you start a new business. Based on the original categorization of the question,...

I like a logo of a paving company and I'm tying to make my own can I use there logo in a different state if I change it a bit

Preliminarily, it's important to note that one purpose of a trademark is to distinguish the source of goods and services so that consumers can...