Copyright is not the appropriate body of law for protecting your stage name; that would be the realm of trademark law. However, if you come up...

Never use someone's name, especially someone famous, without their permission, for commercial purposes. Google: California civil code section...

Please keep in mind what’s legal and what actually occurs in the real world can be very different. Sometimes the facts and/or the law can favor...

If you want to avoid potentially extremely expensive and time-consuming litigation with Match Group, LLC who owns the likely famous match.com...

As noted maybe. The LLC’s attorney would want to review the members and review all the relevant docs, which may include communications between the...

Note, in the likelihood of confusion analysis itself the USPTO’s trademark classification system itself is irrelevant. Thus, that your proposed...

As noted the copyrights in the books authored by yourself already exist; however, you may want to register those copyrights at the U.S. Copyright...

Note, knowing what products and/or services are included in your pending intent to use U.S. federal trademark registration application would be...

Review your written contract (agreement) with them to understand what obligations they have, what rights you have, how disputes are to be handled,...

To minimize liability with respect to selling products imported into the U.S., several non-exclusive options to consider are: (1) Hiring a...