More on historical fiction-want to retain place names and most character names, all of which are dead.Most of plot actually

It appears that you wan't to write historical fiction based on events that involved some real people. As to liable, two things: the truth is a...

How long do I have to keep a copy of a client's work?

The short answer is unless your contract obligated you to keep those files around for more than 10 years, then you aren't obligated to do so. As...

I agree with the above answer. Lyrics and sheet music are subject to copyright protection. The rule of thumb is this: why are you putting...

Intellectual Property Rights

Actually, archive.org is not an "open source repository." It's just a web site of an organization that tries to take periodic captures of the...

I am the composer of a musical composition. i agree to let someone write lyrics to the music, do they now own 100 % of the song

Essentially, you own the musical composition and the recording artists owns the words. In the copyright world, the default rule is a person owns...

A competitor has copied our proprietary website code and has implemented it into their website, can i legally stop them?

The short answer is yes, absolutely. If they did indeed copy your source code, and you or your company is the author of that code (meaning you...

What if I took a photo of a product while I was in a company, then sold my shares and rights... Am I still the copyright owner?

It appears that this question has been properly answered. If you were an employee and just took the picture in the ordinary course of employment,...

Can I label a defendant using the name of a website like "www.***.com" or it has to be joined to an LLC like "www.***.com LLC"?

You probably need to name the actual entity who owns the web site. You can usually find that information on the web site itself, or you can look...

Internet Writing

The above answers are correct. Anything you produce in the ordinary course of your employment, assuming you are an employee, becomes the property...

How should i respond to a trademark rejection?

Your question has one inconsistency. How can the owner of the other trademark be both out of business and active? Did the trademark owner cause...