Who owns the intellectual property rights when terminated?

Here's the deal: Generally, if you created the site in the course and scope of your full-time employment, your employer owns the copyright and all...

Question about copyright protection for (non-fiction) book authors

Yes. You got it right. Register the copyright with the Copyright Office www.copyright.gov to be ablr to enforce your copyright in court. You can...

Can I sell a product that employs another company's product? (Sell a cowbell metronome with another companies cowbell)

Yes you can do this. Just be sure the cowbell company logo (Latin Percussion?) doesn't suggest or imply the metronome originates, is sponsored, or...

Someone service marked a name of my company without my permission under their own name?

The central issue is not who made up the name, but rather who owns it. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, if all band mambers used...

Can I rewrite the lyrics to a known song and use it in a short promo video?

Find the publisher of the song (use the Inyernet for research.) Finds the emaol address or phone number for the "Rights and Permissions" department...

I feel our indie film contract is insufficient, other producers disagree. Should I be concerned?

Sounds like you are right. Who was the production counsel? DYI? The Internet? Tell the other producers no distributor will touch the film without...

Can you stop my moral suffering?

I'm really sorry that happened. Sounds totally ridiculous to me. Also a huge waste of time. And embarassing. I suppose one of the risks of looking...

Great question. Yes, a pseudonym (stage name) can be protected as a trademark, both under so-called "common law" from the moment it is used in...

Trademark infringement? Or did they really just steal my mark? Can they get away with this? They're a billion dollar company.

I think the best solution to your problem is extensive use of the mark, and marketing and advertising efforts to acquire strong secondary meaning.

Fair Use/Copyright for use of photo and video on websites, how to do this?

To fall under the fair use exception to copyright infringement you would need to comment on the photograph not just use it to illustrate food. The...