How can I manage to get out of paying for remainder of months after terminating my lease? Please help.

Normally a commercial lease has a force majeure clause that may suspend or excuse both parties' performance of a lease due to extraordinary and...

Copyright is vested on the author when your work is created and fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. Therefore, there's no need to...

The rights of a trademark are vested through the use of the mark on goods and/or service, even the mark is not registered. If the other producer...

Although resale of trademarked goods may be defendable under the first sale doctrine, the defense is valid only when the resold goods are not...

A trademark can be a word, a phrase, or a logo. The use of a school's name alone on a T-shirt may already constitute an infringement of the...

LLC name previously registered by another company could I use an Abbr. of the company name and use a DBA?

Is another company doing the same or similar business as you want to do? What is your intent to use the abbreviation of the other company? to get...

Who then is the creator?

You will need a written agreement requiring the artist to assign the copyright to you. Paying a commissioned work does not automatically make you...

Translation will be a derivative work of the original copyrighted work. A derivative work needs authorization from the copyright owner of the...

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Trademark is not only words or logos. Trade dress can be a trademark. You may need to hire a trademark attorney to do a search and evaluation of...

It happens often that the examiner cannot make decision because there is a pending application that may affect you. If you have found the other...