Trademark issue

Naming a company or a product or service is a significant business decision for both marketing and legal reasons. The proper way to do is to have a...

It is sometimes lawful under the copyright "fair use" doctrine to use another's melody and musical score to make a parody of the original song. A...

I have a patent infringement issue. IT appears that someone is infringing on my father's patent.What is the solution?

The ONLY way to proceed is to have your own intellectual property attorney review the facts to determine if your father has a valid infringement...

If I'm paid as a painter to paint specific cartoon or super hero characters for a client is that infringement?

Q: "Is there any problem here since I'm being paid for a service not a product or good?" R: Yes. Your "service" produces a product that...

Can you invoke laches if you demonstrated good faith to obtain rights the correct way, were ignored, and are later sued?

You've run square up against the "orphan works" problem. VERY often someone wants to make use of another's copyrighted work but its author cannot...

Is there a way to protect my startup web app concept when working with employees/contractors?

The only for-sure way to "protect" an idea is to keep it in your head. If you MUST disclose it to someone then make sure you trust them not to use...

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If I copyright a T-shirt does that protect the design as well as it's wording?

Q: "If I copyright a T-shirt ... ." R: No one can copyright a tee shirt. Copyright attaches automatically to copyrightable works of authorship. ...

I purchased the inventory of a dissolved corporation, it appears abandoned and has not had any activity for more than 5 years

Before the corporation dissolved it may have sold, indeed quite probably did sell, its trademarks and copyrights [and other assets] to some other...

The likelihood that an electronic product currently on the market is NOT protected by a patent, copyright or trademark is ZERO. It would be a...

Copyright question regarding first and second editions of a multimedia kit?

Your own copyright attorney needs to look into all the facts and advise you properly. My initial reaction is that you need to register the...