Copyright Infringement

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A homonym has the same sound and spelling as another word (or perhaps phrase). If it is spelled the same you certainly are infringing on the...

Accidental Counterfeit Product Imported

This is not a copyright question at all but one of criminal law. If I were in your shoes I would focus on getting your sister a lawyer, first to...

Furniture is not intellectual property. Please repost in contracts or consumer issues.

Is it legal to write a book containing found love letters from 1944 written by people now deceased who are not in my family?

I agree with the copr. analysis of the other counsel, but I see another issue, that of privacy. The children of the writers may look quite askance...

It is doubtful a US federal court has jurisdiction or power over a UK entity. But let me clarify some things. First, the website is everywhere;...

Will the the Lanham Act and common law protect my trade name until I get money to file?

You might want to give the potential infringer a bit of notice by putting a TM next to the trade name (which is a kind of mark) as a warning. But...

I need advice about Getty Images.

As other counsel have said, wehn you post a website it is open to the world, like a big sign in front of your house, visible from the...

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I'm an online journalist&the title of my online article's been copied.Do I have a copyright claims&should I trademark the title?

Titles cannot be copyright protected. They might be trademark protected, as trade names, provided they are distinctive (fanciful) rather than...

A device I conceived of serves the same purpose as other patented devices, but uses a different design and methodology.

What a device accomplishes is not part of the patent claims, which are the meat of the patent. (OK, patent attorneys, I have simplified, mea...