Image Copyright Infringement on multiple selling platform by manufacturer

While the creativity threshold that must be overcome for copyright to attach to a photograph is low, it's not non-existent. Said another way, not...

As my colleagues notes, your risk is being sued by the owner of the copyright in the photograph that you modified -- not by Mercedes for showing...

Can I use a shoe design that has no identifying qualities other than it’s unique in its overall design?

Shoes have been around -- and designed, advertised, and sold -- for a long, long time. There are only a few patents [design or utility] that...

No, it's not copyright infringement to return a movie DVD to the store from which it was purchased. The store may be assuming that you...

There is a business that posts all their recipes online, can I use all their recipes without any legal repercussions? ?

Your proposed plan violates copyright, trademark, and unfair competition law. The other company's menu, as a whole, is protected by copyright. The...

Here’s the general rule: It’s unlawful under trademark law to distribute a product using a trademark that’s already being used, or one that’s...

Your premise is wrong. Information about you is NOT "your" information. You have no property right in it and, once public, no privacy right to it....

The supposed exclusive licensee must by now be quite savvy about patent matters in light of its long infringement battle with the licensor. Its...

Volkswagen owns a federal trade dress registration for the image of a classic Bug as used to brand various paper and cardboard goods including, but...

Basic question: Can I use content I coauthored in a long-defunct LLC without the other coauthors permission?

As my colleauge notes, you'll first have to determine whether the three co-authors transferred their copyrights in the books to the LLC that you...