Do I need an attorney? And can I sue?

This may be one of those situations where you may be legally justified in suing but which may be more costly in the end. Not only will you have ...

As I seek a literary agent and publisher, can I sell my work privately until then safely?

If you have properly registered your work with the U.S. Copyright office as an unpublished work and follow it up with a copyright on the published...

Can I post on facebook about my car being vandalized and give the first name of the suspect?

Slander is spoken, libel is written or in fixed form. If you do not want to be liable for defamation, you would have to prove that anything you...

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Can I resell designer packaging?

The answer is that it depends. While you may be okay under copyright first sale rules, you may infringe someone else's trademark as the packaging...

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Can you sue some one who used social media i.e. face book to slander you ?

You most definitely can sue her. It is costly and most attorneys will require $10,000 to start. Even with a likelihood of success, you will have...

Paid a deposit for wedding 9 months ahead and cancelled the reservation within a month about 8 before the date.

You need to review the terms of the purchase, whether written or oral. If it is a non-refundable deposit, you still may be able to recoup it as...

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Self-plagiarism, defamation, embezzlement attempt, civil lawsuit, punitive compensation, EEOC right to sue

While you can sue in small claims court to recoup out of pocket costs that are consistent with the rules and regulations of your university, you...

Is there a way to search for trademark office actions besides randomly looking through TESS?

While there is no way to actually do this of which I am aware, you can look up trademark applications that were filed over 9 months earlier as...

Education website using colleges logo and image of the school

This cannot be answered without viewing the specific use. Regarding copyrighted text, you may be able to allege fair use, but regarding the...