You need to hire a trademark attorney to "clear the rights" to the name "Wimpy's America's Favorite Hamburgers" -- or whatever name you ultimately...

Can I print a tshirt using the name of a Korea Baseball Championship team for myself without violating copyright and trademark?

Q: "Can I print a tshirt using the name of a Korea Baseball Championship team for myself without violating copyright and trademark?" R: Yes....

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I contributed an essay to a book 17 years ago and received one payment on a promise of 2% royalties. Can I ask for the rest?

Very few 17 year old books are still in print. What are likely available for sale online are used copies -- for which no one [including you] are...

The answer depends on how much "over 37 years ago" the sermon was recorded. Sound recordings made before February 15, 1972 do not qualify for...

Can I start a child care service that includes copyrighted themes?

Q: "Can I talk about them with children and use likenesses from the books in everyday activities?" R: Yes, you can have the children read the...

What this be infringing on someone's trademark rights

Based only on the facts you offer, yes, adopting "San Diego shock magazine" would be a bad idea. The question is not whether your business and the...

I think the threshhold question is whether copyright even attaches to an anatomically-correct model of a human internal organ. I think not --...

Visit http://www.sos.state.tx.us/corp/namefilingsfaqs.shtml . According the Texas Secretary of State's office -- "The most common and the...

What are the legal issues regarding the use of another company's tin can and label in the design of my product?

Q: "Will I need to design my own label for the can?" R: Yes. Q: "Also, would there be any legal issues regarding the use of the can...

What legal advice should i seek?

Anytime a person compiles personally identifiable information about others through a website [and, yes, name, alias, and email qualify] the person...