Irvine, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Irvine, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Intellectual Property
Yes, the photographer owns the copyright to all photos they take absent an agreement to the contrary. Unless they are trespassing on your property...
If someone gives you a snapshot of themselves wearing a team jersey to use as the cover of an invitation for, e.g., their 40th birthday party, you...
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The test is much more fluid than Forbes puts it and the "story being told" test isn't a definitive test. If characters are widely recognized (e.g.,...
Short answer: terrible idea. You will absolutely subject yourselves to liability for copyright infringement if you randomly pick out songs for...
You can't copyright short quotes, so something like "Pardon my French" is not going to be problematic. There are certain quotes that also function...
If your service is truly "intrastate" rather than interstate, then you probably don't need (and may not qualify for) federal registration. The...
Register the entire poem. You are correct, the snippet of the poem cannot be copyrighted (as it's merely part of a longer work), but the entire...
Oral assignment of copyright is not valid, and there is a split of authority on whether a subsequent assignment in writing can render it valid. At...
It's really a fact specific inquiry -- e.g., how short is the quote, how "famous" the quote given that it's by a famous musician, and whether there...
If they are fake, then you are guilty of selling counterfeit goods. The right thing to do, obviously, is to return the money and get the fake Beats...