Is it legal for a ticket website to use artist's faces when advertising tickets for their concerts?

A. Yes, you need to properly license the images and you cannot use any photos just because they are public. Typically artists will freely license...

Do I have a winning case?

It is unlikely that you will be able to successfully petition to have the other mark canceled based on two years of non-use, presuming the other...

I want to use clips from media to use in video commentary to be posted on youtube

Fair use is by far the most fact-specific, subjective, and complex area of copyright law. Everyone wants there to be a simple rule that either...

Hi, I am independent inventor.

The faster you want the process to go, the more you will spend and do. The "accelerated examination" process purports to get your application...

How to public my invention?

Do you mean patent your invention? The best way is to contact a patent attorney. You should do that anyway as most will provide you with an...

Copyright Infringement?

The most frequent myth we hear is that citing the author somehow avoids copyright liability. Not true. Properly citing the author of a work does...

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Can you quote a novel in your novel without permission?

First, citing the source does nothing as far as copyright protection goes. It is a myth that citing the source helps avoid a finding of...

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What constitues trademark infringement and what potential damages can be brought.

It's impossible to know whether what you are doing constitutes trademark infringement without seeing the details of both of your respective uses. ...

I want to use clips from media to use in video commentary to be posted on youtube

The only real answer to this question is "it depends." Yes, fair use will allow a certain amount of use of copyrighted material for commentary,...

If I took a photo and used it on the internet, does it still have all the copyrights that other images have?

The simple answer is yes, what he did probably does constitute copyright infringement. But unless you registered the photograph with the copyright...