If I buy a Disney poster, edit it for my YouTube video to make it look like the eyes are moving, would this be fair use?

I echo all my colleagues comments about Disney's aggressive enforcement of its IP rights. It's a common meme that you "don't mess with the...

There are inventions which may arguably fall into one of the four statutory classes (articles of manufacture, apparatuses, processes or...

Questions about trademark

I agree with my colleagues. I must also give you the same advice I give to anyone who seeks answers on this forum to very specific questions that...

Am I allowed to sell Clip Art based on the print design on LEGO mini figures?

I will provide you with the guidance I give others on Avvo. If the answers you need are central to business you plan to conduct, you should hire...

The patent owner has the right to exclude others from making, selling, using or (at least in the U.S.) importing the patented invention. The...

Adding on to what my colleagues say here, make sure that your registered patent attorney is experienced in software patenting. This is a nuanced...

Filing a provisional application while I decide whether to pursue and hire an attorney. Any cons to this?

One significant problem that a DIY provisional application can create is inadvertently admitting related subject matter as prior art. Note that,...

See Viacom Inc, v. IJR Capital Investments LLC. In that case, Viacom sued LJR for using the Krusty Krab name for a real-life restaurant. Viacom's...

If you are the inventor on a first to file patent application, you will (and should) remain the inventor on the application. However, ownership of...

I echo my colleague Nardiello's comments and recommendations. i add that when a work accused of infringement is not an exact copy of the protected...