How to copyright a music album so that only the artists (band members) own full rights.

Did you sign any documents at all? Assuming you did, you need to see what your contract with the producer and recording studio says. And then you...

Can a marketing company use the Nike or Reebok logos without permission in an online research campaign?

It really depends on how the marks are being used. Obviously, if Nike or Reebok is accusing your client of trademark infringement or trademark...

The marijuana or hemp leaf design is not forbidden as a trademark, so your brand could incorporate that. Of course, if you do that, you potentially...

Can you buy t-shirts of your favorite sports team, and turn it into something you can sell?

Possibly. It depends on how transformative the use is -- if you are making country quilts out of 50 old football jerseys, and adding a splash of...

It depends what you are doing with it. If, for example, you are aggregating information and save PDF of websites, and then re-upload the content...

Clarification about patent and art.

If someone applies for a patent on an "invention" that you are already selling in the marketplace and that the patent applicant ipso facto did not...

Is this copyright infringement (bracelet design)?

Use of an anchor design in a bracelet is not original, and the idea of the "anchor bracelet" cannot be copyrighted. Moreover, the designs at issue...

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Am I legally infringing on my competitors "common law goodwill" and is the "Cease and Desist" I received merely a bully tactic?

Assuming your competitor doesn't have a trademark on "exotic hedge cuts" -- which presumably merely describes the service being offered -- you have...

It depends on whether the book is in the public domain or not. If you bought a copy of Great Expectations on Amazon.com, and you then discovered...

We believe a vendor that we use has used one of our original photos and graphics in their catalog without permission.

If the vendor used your husband's photograph without permission, you very well may have a viable copyright infringement case. That said, if the...