Legal right to use a commercial name

None of the following constitutes legal advice but is rather only general information that should NOT be relied upon to take any action or refrain...

I respectfully disagree with Mr. Roe. The "first sale doctrine" of which he speaks (codified at 17 USC 109(a)) expressly limits only the...

Creating a newsletter using thrid party sources and quoting them too :)

The short answer is that you cannot reproduce or distribute anyone else's written material without first receiving permission to do so -- unless...

US postage stamps often display paintings and photographs that are protected under copyright law. Unless those paintings or photographs are in the...

Obtaining copywrite for music cd.

Recorded music consists of both (1) the musical composition (the words and musical score -- whether they are written down or not) and (2) the...

Can a company own a concept?

Dylan's quite correct. While it takes creativity, and resources such as time and money, to come up with interesting methods of doing business,...

Copyright

Words and short phrases are not protectable under copyright law -- which means, for the most part, that if you come up with a nifty saying everyone...

The previous two answers were spot on. I write only to caution against making any significant branding decisions without first seeking the...

No. You can, however, lawfully burn a copy of the song from your CD onto your computer. In legal lingo, that is "space shifting" which, even...

Utah and federal trademark/copyright laws, use if image to sell t-shirts

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