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Can I trademark and legally use a food product name that differs only slightly from one that is regionally protected in Europe?
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Answered on March 14, 2014
There is a 99.99999% chance that you will get sued for trademark infringement and false designation of origin if you tried to sell "Stillton" or...
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Is it legal to clone YouTube website? Create a design-like website and serve my own content?
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Answered on March 14, 2014
If you've got enough clout and bandwidth to open up a competing music video (or just video) website, go ahead and do it. YouTube doesn't own the...
If a friend of mine gave me her debit card and pin to get cash out for her and I did so, can she now file charges against me?
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Answered on March 14, 2014
Anyone can file a police report about anything, regardless of whether it is true or not. That said, assuming everything in your account is...
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Is it legal to xerox sewing/needlework patterns from a library book for personal use (including gifting a completed pattern)?
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Answered on March 14, 2014
You can copy it for personal use (e.g., throw pillow), but no, generally speaking you can't xerox it and mail it out to your 1,000s of contacts....
Embarrassing lawsuits on the internet- internet needs to be fixed.
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Answered on March 14, 2014
I suppose you could lobby your Congressman, but the odds of changing public access to the court system are improbably low. The public has a right...
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Can I legally resell a copyrighted RSS feed if I parse it and change it?
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Answered on March 13, 2014
The data from the sporting league (e.g., player X hit 33 home runs this year) can't be copyrighted, only individualized presentation of the data....
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Received bill for $3200 in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board case? Do I have to pay? It is in an opposition before USPTO.
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Answered on March 13, 2014
This is really a no-brainer. Even assuming all the depositions are concluded and you won't be using the court reporter again, you need to pay her....
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Copyright Infringement Question (Los Angeles)
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Answered on March 13, 2014
Who are you planning to sue? The web designer, or the friend for whom you created the free logo? Seems to me your friend could be persuaded to...
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Taking/posting a photo that has copyrighted notecards
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Answered on March 12, 2014
If the picture is in the public domain (pre-1923 for US copyrights), you can do anything you want with it.
Post-1923 photographs are much more...
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Writing Articles
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Answered on March 11, 2014
As you are not doing the posting, you have no liability for copyright infringement for anything being posted on his website. All you are doing is...
