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Would I be infringing on copy rights to write a book about a character mentioned only in passing in another book from the 1920s?

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Im starting a travel tour program and want to make a stop at disneyland. Can I use the picture of disneyland castle?

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The easy part of the answer is that distributing various portions of song lyrics as part of the game will almost certainly compel the conclusion...

Under the copyright and trademark "first sale" doctrines it's lawful for a person who lawfully purchased a product protected by a copyright or...

How to handle DMCA takedown requests as a Transitory Digital Network Communications provider?

Companies that offer the public a virtual private network to access the web can, and routinely do, log their user's IP addresses and track their...

Can I use this phrase on a car sticker? "Personal Foul...Rooting For Dallas".

Your own California-licensed intellectual property attorney needs to consider the matter but my initial take is that a bumper sticker showing a...

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Provisional patent application

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Should I set my contract with a worker for my startup business up as a personal or business contract?

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