Is it copyright violation or infringement?

This question isn't possible to answer without actually looking at both the current material, and the source materials. Copyright only requires a...

HR Manager being unhappy with an employee due to non compliance on fundraising methods ,asks the employee to quit in a group ema

Unless the employee has a contract with the employer (which would include a collective bargaining agreement through a union), employees work is...

Trademark Infrigement? Possible lawsuit in the making? HELP!!!!

It would be impossible for a lawyer to give an opinion without knowing the proposed mark and the Pokemon character name. The test is whether a...

Could I get into trouble ? (bootleg/piracy) ?

Yes -- you could get into a lot of trouble. You are making copies of someone else's copyrighted content. Would you hot-wire my car, and try to...

Would this be legal ?

You might be able to create such an app, but you would need to show only movies in the public domain, or ones that you license from their owners....

I am interested in creating a t-shirt that is based on a likeness of a celebrity, not the actual image of the celebrity.

It doesn't matter if the art work is your own; the celebrity's image belongs to the celebrity. Cal. Civ. Code 3344 governs here: Any person who...

You looked in the correct place, the US Patent & Trademark Office ("USPTO"), but it is not a copyright, it is a trademark. The key to trademarks...

How to you plan to use the mark(s) in question? A three letter acronym is going to be hard to be distinctive because it can mean anything (using...

Am I breaking a copyright law ???

Assuming that the music has had its copyright registered, you risk liability of $150,000, plus attorneys' fees, for each work infringed. Moreover,...

Is there an attorney that can help me write a business plan for my entertainment company?

I'm not sure a lawyer is what you want, as much as a business advisor with experience in entertainment.