How Close To Copyright Can A Design Be For A Physical Promo Item? Illegal to give away for free?

It is impossible to answer in generalities exactly "how close" a design can get without violating a copyright. Contrary to popular opinion, there...

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If I have a link on my email bids to my terms of service and language in bid says the client is bound by the terms is that ok?

To be bound by a contract, there must be a "meeting of the minds." That's just some legal fiction that really means it has to appear that the...

Is "Provisional Application for Patent" fully effective or should it be followed by full patent?

A provisional patent application does not provide you any protection at all. It is only a placeholder. You must file the non-provisional...

Trade Mark question. If my LLC owns a trade mark name is it protect all over?

You must file a Federal registration to gain constructive notice throughout the rest of the country. State trademark registrations are only good...

There are lots of issues. First, if you are not the sole owner of the company, then you should be concerned about transferring your rights in...

I recently was made aware that an Author published my child's poems before gaining parental consent. what should I do?

First, immediately register the copyrights in your daughter's poems. Second, contact the book's author and demand an explanation of why that...

Is this plagiarism?

In short, there is no law against plagiarism. There is a law against copyright infringement. These days there seems to be an unwritten but widely...

The current thinking is (as Mr. Burdick said) that only watching the content online, and not storing or distributing any copies, probably does not...

Do I have a cause of action if a newspaper uses an image of me in an attack article without my permission?

It only violates your intellectual property rights if you own the copyright in the photograph that they are using, meaning that you actually took...

Cds and Itunes

No, you haven't purchased a license so you aren't supposed to make copies.