Attorney/Process Server pestering to find my mother

Your predicament describes a clash of rights: Your right to privacy and to quiet enjoyment of your tenancy versus the "group's" right to serve...

Have I broken copyright law?

Copyright comes into existence at the moment it is created in a fixed medium or presented to an audience of third parties and there is no...

What if I want to use a product name that is "dead"?

Trademark cleaarance is as much art as it is science and it is virtually impossible to offer useful guidelines which you could rely upon in trying...

What stops abuse from copy right? Ie. owners planting their images to be used unaware targets to gain inflated fees/settlements?

Excellent questions and equally great responses. Generally speaking, we advise clients, especially those in the media arts industries, to assume...

I have a phrase with a design to put on t-shirts. How do I get this invention in motion and how do I protect it

Trademark and copyright should be your focus. We represent numerous action sports brands and many have started out with the same types of...

I know a case where the plaintiff filed a civil lawsuit against two parties of defendants due to breach of contract.

Not surprisingly, the rule gives settlement leverage to defendants who become cross-complainants and operates to discourage certain complaints...

Who can pay fee to USPTO?

Interesting question. Normally, the registering attorney (or individual or business entity) pays the fees at the time of registration (or other...

Is describing a website in your own words breaking copyright?

My colleagues have provided some solid advice. If, as you suggest, you are writing a piece of fiction and you want to create an air of credibility...

Difference between pornography and prostitution

This is a very difficult area of the law with significant variances in controlling law between different cities, coutnies, and states. I would...

I echo the previous writer's advice and stress that in the event you elect to go it alone, you will almost certainly be on the receiving end of a...