You need a license to a patented product if you practice each and every element in at least one claim in the product's patent. If you have an...

The Copyright Act, at 17 USC 107, permits use of a copyrighted work without a license to the work if it is "fair use". Fair use is when the work...

There are three kinds of patents: plant patents, which protect certain new plant varieties that are vegetatively propagated; design patents, which...

Mr. Brezina, as usual, is spot on. Do read the Sperry v. Fla. State Bar case. So long as the work you are doing is the "practice of patent law...

The disclaimer will inform the public that the bandana is not made by the famous company. So you are not "passing off". What you are doing,...

Disney gives no quarter to parties they perceive to infringe their intellectual property. Many describe their enforcement of IP as "ruthless". ...

It's always surprising to us IP attorneys how clients hope to leverage a famous name or trademark and have the mistaken belief that, by changing...

If an image is trademarked in 2015 but you have had and used the image since 2013, are you unable to continue to use it?

You need to consult with an intellectual property law attorney if you have been notified to cease use of the mark. That said, your use of the...

This practice is often followed by inventors and inventive entities. Some laboratories and other R&D operations file provisional patent...

Hoe does this company stay compliant with the law?

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