Is it legal for me to mix several retail products to create my own for resale?

Broadly speaking, yes, you can create a blend of (for example) hot sauces or whiskeys and call it Mr. X's Special Blended Hot [Name of Product],...

I have modeling photos that were used for a local business and were printed in a local magazine (advertisement) can I sue them?

Assuming you didn't sign a release allowing them to use the photos, you may have a claim against the company under state law, but I think the...

What's a great online resource for tortious interference in California?

Not to be facetious, but Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw are your best options -- but that's obviously a "pay" option. Your second-best option is to go to...

Can I sell a T-shirt with a humorous cartoon image of boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and be protected by the parody exception?

Ach, the dreaded tee shirt parody defense. This is really something decided on a case-by-case basis, and you're going to have to take a mock up to...

Yes, you "can" use them, but the caveat is that you might not be using them in full compliance with the copyright laws. For example, a number of...

I am starting a website for my own LLC and I want to use images of bridges I worked on when I was working for other companies

You can always post pictures you yourself took, as you own the copyright in the photographs unless you took them as part of your job duties and you...

The answer is complicated, and demands more facts than you've provided. Assuming the karaoke venue had a license to perform live karaoke, that...

You can register the copyrights under your alias. If you ultimately change your corporate structure from a DBA or sole proprietorship to an LLC,...

You can paint the logo for personal use -- it is not copyright infringement nor trademark infringement to do so. Moreover, in the educational...

Can releasing an open source alternative to a proprietary piece of software make me liable in any way?

You need patent counsel to do a review. Even if you used open source code and modified it yourself to replicate the function of the Microsoft...