How do I answer a trademark opposition with a defense that the opposition's mark is generic?

If you are doing this pro se, then the Trademark Office will grant you some latitude in word choice. Just make the affirmative statement that the...

Is it legal to sell "derivative work" of very old classical music?

I believe Mozart died around 1791, which is definitely long enough ago that any copyrights that existed in his original works will have expired. ...

Will I be sued if my song has only 2 sentences with the same melody as a copyrighted famous song?

No one can tell you if you will be sued. It is impossible to know that. However, it sounds like what you would be doing could be considered...

It's important to understand that the "copyright infringement" does not come from slightly changing the lyrics, it would come from publicly...

This forum is a place for general legal questions. So the answer to your general legal question is "yes" you can name a book after a TV show IF...

How can you sell your 'ideas' to corporations,companies,etc?

It is exceedingly rare that a real company, like Microsoft, would pay anything for naked "ideas." Some will pay for concepts that are patented, or...

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First, what you would be doing is creating something called a derivative work, and that would likely still be a copyright violation. Second, and...

Yes, doing what you want to do would constitute copyright infringement. Definitely. Rappers get sued all the time for this sort of...

Yes, as was said earlier, you are likely all co-authors of the work and therefore all co-owners of the work. The fact that the copyright may not...

Re Trademark name for a business. Name is registered with Pat/Trademark Office yet I note other restaurants use name. Why?

Go back to the Trademark Office records and see if the registered owner had to disclaim any of the words. If so, any words that were disclaimed...