Irvine, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Irvine, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Intellectual Property
If you are talking about something like hiring a cover band to perform at your wife's birthday for a group of friends, then you don't need to worry...
Band name litigation is quite complicated. As a practical matter there are often many small independent bands roaming the country using the same...
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This happens quite a lot on Etsy, unfortunately. I doubt that KJP has design patents on all of its bracelets, and although jewelry can be...
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Yes, go see an attorney, preferably someone knowledgeable about litigation relating to online activities and liability for downloading material....
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Yes, you sure can. Even if the poem appeared online without attribution, you can't just appropriate it for your own uses without determining...
I would double-check your employment contract, but the default is certainly not that anything you create belongs to your employer -- particularly...
Short answer: no, you don't. You can't copyright names or titles. That said, there is a potential for trademarking your name -- see, e.g., Marc...
If you are taking individual photographs a la Dorothea Lange, then you should get permission of the individuals you are taking portraits of --...
Assuming you were paid for your work (i.e., the academy honored its part of the contract), you can't protect your such that the academy cannot use...
Just because the Chinese are selling similar items doesn't mean Grace & Lace doesn't have valid trademark. China's market is rife with counterfeits...