PA state copyright laws, fair use of copyrighted materials

Documentarians are required to attain licenses to include sound recordings in their films unless the sound recordings have entered the public...

Difference between copyright and trademark infringement?

The information that you're seeking is available from the US Copyright Office, which publishes a circular that explains the fundamentals of...

Can I collect royalities for unauthorized use of my image on a commercial product

New York's Civil Rights Law Section 51 creates a cause of action for "[a]ny person whose name, portrait, picture or voice is used within [New York]...

Internet laws

The following information applies generally and is not directed at anything that "Project Free TV" may be doing or not doing. I have no knowledge...

Is it possible to bring a trademark infringement lawsuit if I never got offical trademark protection

As Oscar notes, you need not do anything other than use a trademark in commerce to acquire trademark rights. Registration of those rights with...

As Oscar and Jefferson note, it's extraordinarily unlikely that the owner of the copyright in the movie (now MGM) will ever find out that you...

Are reasonable attorneys fees recoverable under copyright and/or intellectual property law

Federal law determines whether the prevailing party is entitled to recover its attorneys' fees in a copyright case. The statute on point is 17 USC...

Guns N' Roses Chinese Democracy single released - am i off the hook?

To recap: you admit downloading songs without paying for them -- and which were not yet publicly available -- and now you want to know whether...

You need to consider at least three intellectual property issues: 1. As Oscar notes, if you don't create each "design" yourself then you need...

The short answer is "yes" your sales would be infringing. Both RED SOX and TIGERS are trademarks owned by those respective baseball organizations...