A newly formed company recently trademarked their logo and is forcing me to change my pre-existing logo.

From your facts, it appears that your logo is based on one that was already existing. More facts about the pre-existing logo would be needed to...

I'm downsizing and I want to digitize some of my books and then sell the books. Is this "fair use"?

Under the first sale doctrine of copyright law, you will be able to sell your books. A reproduction made for personal use, although technically an...

While technically what you propose would be copyright and/or trademark infringement if you did so without a license from the rights owner(s), you...

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Intellectual property case: Who should I be sueing ?

You will definitely need counsel. Usually the process begins with a cease & desist letter and a takedown notice, which may be complicated by the...

The practical answer is don't do it without a license and choose some other image that is royalty-free. Even for a seemingly innocent use as what...

Once an intent to use trademark is assigned to an examining attorney, how long does it take for the USPTO attorney to review it?

Eight to twelve weeks generally. Of course, if there are any office actions, even for ministerial things, that can set the process back by...

I am a stockholder in an over the counter stock - penny stock. The new ceo just sold one of their divisions to the former ceo

While you are limited in what you, as a shareholder, have a right to inspect, if something "smells funny" to you, you may be able to ask pointed...

What will be considered as plagiarism?

You have received some thoughtful answers from my colleagues. The only thing I would add specifically is that you can obtain a copyright...

Just received a DMCA copyright notice from Ira Siegel, and logged in to his payment site, does he now have my information?

If you did not input any credit card information or your address, phone etc., then what else could you be worried about giving up? Apparently from...

No, you should not use the business name at all because it has prior common law trademark rights, and may be a trademark registered in either TX or...