Ask your publisher and take its answer to your own New York-licensed intellectual property or entertainment law attorney.

You should not send a cease and desist letter to the ice cream parlor. You're not competent to determine if you have the right to demand it not...

The starting point in the analysis is to acknowledge the general rule that reproducing another's literary or graphic website content infringes the...

There are five distinct sources of legal liability for registering another's trademark as, or within, a domain name. You can read my legal guide...

Can my common law trademark expand to other territories based on marketing even though it resulted in no sales?

The common law rule is that the act of publishing advertisements displaying a trademark that's used to brand a product does NOT create trademark...

At least three issues are raised when a marketplace participant offers a good or service for sale in the United States that’s branded with a mark...

Extortion is the crime of obtaining money or another thing of value by the abuse of one's office or authority. A copyright owner's enforcement...

Need Assistance With Copyright Registration Refusal - Jewelry

You can read the 2016-2017 Copyright Office Review Board decisions considering the copyrightability of jewelry via this link:...

An "invention assignment" is not the tool you'll need to properly engage in the business you describe. You need, at least, a "joint venture"...

Can a client obtain copyright protection for his scholarly work that he produce for government's use?

The answer depends on the contract award terms and which “government” is the contracting agency [federal, state, local, or territorial]. If we...