Is a city or area trademarked for purposes of registering an internet domain name
Your intuition is right: No one may appropriate the name of a City for their exclusive commercial use. At most, a marketplace participant...
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Your intuition is right: No one may appropriate the name of a City for their exclusive commercial use. At most, a marketplace participant...
While some methods of doing business can be patentable, there is almost no possibility that the "very easy" method of "putting advertisement on a...
I think it's unquestionably lawful for a person to re-sell artificial plants [or anything] that are bought at retail -- so long as the re-seller...
Trademark rights arise automatically whenever a word, phrase, or logo is used in commerce to brand a product or service. So ... you already have...
The answer as a practical matter depends on which way the money flowed: If you had to pay money to settle the dispute and the "unfair" terms make...
You have valid cause to be worried. You created and, I assume, managed a Facebook page for your employer's business. I assume you lead your...
As my colleagues note, you've very likely violated no law. Facebook, however, has its own policies that control. Visit...
I'm not sure what you're reading but there are some very good books that explain how to start a business. Visit http://www.goo.gl/sPpUh8 and buy a...
In addition to the very good suggestions provided by my colleagues, you can inform the "social media" site owners of his repeat infringements....
A copyright is a bundle of discrete, intangible personal property rights. 17 U.S.C. 106. The "holder" of any one of those rights is the "owner" of...