Copyright Laws

If the cautions expressed by my colleagues here seem harsh, ask yourself how you would feel if someone took some your cards (your paintings),...

Old sport videos copyrights

I am not so sure the cost would be prohibitive. It might be that games are not interesting to anyone not from a team's town, and might be...

How can I ensure patent protection on an idea that has many different uses but requires molecular changes for each application?

Let me make a wild suggestion. Do not patent it. Instead hold it as proprietary information (trade secret). You can speak with finance people so...

I am not as comfortable as the redoubtable Mr Golub about the IP implications. What yiou have described is not according to you a satire, nor a...

1a is I am using the mark now. 1b is I intend to use it within 6 months. Yes, if you check 1a then you have to prove you are using the mark. What...

Extracting images from websites - fair use/copyright infringement?

The individual pages of Sir Isaac's diaries may not be subject to copyright. Still, if he had several diaries--by the year or because one ran out...

The law requires all inventors to be named. In that context, anyone who contributed one or more claims is an inventor or participated in more than...

Is it illegal for someone to buy a transcribed cover of a song? Or is only the seller at fault if they aren't licensed?

No, you do not have the right to receive, for money or otherwise, infringed goods. The copyright owner could go after you. But as a practicla...

When a band breaks up, who has the right to the band name "double shot"

It is not possible to answer, since it is not clear what ownership is meant. A trademark? Registered? Something unique to Texas? What made it...

Book contract want to know if this is somewhat of a good deal. There is no advance, I am a first time author.

I am betting that not only do you get no advance but you pay them to publish the book. If so, you should be retaining all rights to the copyright...