Non Compete - workplace

In addition to the legal issues articulated above, you need to look at the technology involved and the market. Take a look at the equipment the...

Wife and brother are business partners one brother has signed an aggrement without her knowing

One alternative is for the two brothers and your wife to sit down and talk about it. Maybe something wrong is going on, maybe not. If the parties...

How long a time period is " upon Publisher's acceptance?"

"Upon Publisher's acceptance" means upon publisher's acceptance. Maybe the contract says there is a time limit; maybe it does not. This is one...

Trademark infringement for printing a media logo in a newspaper ad?

"My reading of the Lanham Act"??? We have an entire judicial system in which lawyers on oppositie sides of a case each urge the court to accept a...

Generally speaking, there would not be an infringement. The goods that you are reselling are presumably genuine. Therefore, you are not causing...

I'm thinking of opening up a shop that sells enlarged, framed black & white photographs (pop-culture related). Is this legal?

If a copyright owner has observed certain formalities, the owner will be able to seek "statutory damages." The owner does not need to offer any...

Can a business trademark the name of an area of a town in acronym format (example: DD Cafe) for Downtown Dallas Cafe?

This is an area in which you can spend a great deal of money without gaining a benefit for your business. A course of action should be proper....

Copyright and Trademark infringement confusion?

Generally, the standard of trademark infringement is likelihood of confusion as to the source of the goods. It may not matter that the trademarks...

Can a startup company with sweat equity independent contractors get the ICs to sign a Proprietary Rights Agreement prior to.....

The answer, more likely than not, is yes. The purpose of a contract is to define and transaction and, to the extent possible, implement the wishes...

How to defend a patent affordably?

The answer is that it is possible. Cost depends on such issues as: complexity of their patent claims, how many patents they are asserting, how much...