How do you obtain a copyright certificate?

The Copyright Office, aka the Library of Congress, automatically sends copyright certificates upon successful copyright registration. The...

Typically, if the innovation is not a functional one, then you would look at a design patent, but if it were purely functional, then a utility...

Can I post (to YouTube and Facebook) video from a musical that my high school students wrote? It contains music from musicals.

Did your high school get permission from the several musicals to use their (presumably) copyrighted material? If they did not, they should have. ...

Use of the likeness of a famous person may be an infringement of their rights of publicity. There could be a defense through fair use, but this...

Recently, I got a few unrelated copyright claim notice from my internet provider. Should I expect a lawsuit filed against me?

Clarification is required. Is your internet provide threatening to sue you or merely notifying you of complaints filed? If the latter, have they...

Technical patent cost in California

The cost of preparing and filing a patent depends as much upon geography as it does upon complexity. The same patent filed in Las Vegas for $3,000...

Can I put a song name on a shirt to sell? For example, "I'm your puppet," and add my own graphics to make it my own design?

Unless it has other meaning as well, a song title is not subject to protection under either trademark or copyright. Incidentally, age of the song...

When you form a corporation in Nevada you must list the corporate officers and directors. This need not be the same people as the shareholders,...

Do you need permission from a publisher to reference their article in a motion and to attach the article as an exhibit??

No, you do not. This use is permissible.

What are the laws of someone displaying domesticated birds such as parrots and cockatoos in a public area?

This question has nothing to do with intellectual property, civil rights or public domain. Animals cannot own a copyright nor have rights of...