Irvine, CA
Litigation Lawyer at Irvine, CA
Practice Areas: Litigation, Intellectual Property
It depends on a lot of factors, including how famous your celebrity is, and whether the person using the domain name has the same name (yes, it...
The picture of the neighbor's doggie is yours to keep, cherish and sell, as you see fit. Even Lassie couldn't stop the paparazzi from selling her...
If the facts are in fact as you allege, then you don't owe anybody any money at all. Presumably they are relying on language in the licensing...
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I will simply echo what the previous attorneys have said -- the short answer is that you can use the public domain material in any way you wish....
Sorry, I missed the last part of your question. While jewelry with the symbol embedded in it would be subject to copyright protection, the symbol...
Under Section 102 of the Copyright Act, original jewelry designs are considered "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works" and are protected by...
While I haven't looked at all the t-shirts on www.lastexittonowhere.com, my initial reaction is that they only succeed by being obscure -- the more...
Business competitors in smaller businesses with less-well-known or regional marks do this every day. This is why when you buy a domain name as a...
Maybe, maybe not. If you are an artist, and you are doing something transformative with the trademark, you have a good argument that no...
The simple answer is: yes. There is no intellectual property prohibition on writing about any historical event -- which includes the making of...