Do I have a right to sell my paintings of movie stars from the 1930's and 40's who are all dead now?

The short answer is that it’s lawful to sell paintings of some deceased celebrities but unlawful to sell others. The analysis starts by...

You need to completely ignore the international classification of goods and services system when considering whether your trademark infringes an...

Can a Non Provisional Patent Application have less claims than the Priority Provisional Application of the same invention?

While a good idea to include one, a claim is not required in a provisional patent application. As my colleague notes, the provisional will support...

If you sell clothing adorned with a celebrity image showing that person as he or she accurately appears then, like my colleague, I think doing so...

I agree with Attorney Daymude. The 2013 changes to FRCP 45 now allow the federal court where a lawsuit is pending to order a party to attend a...

Most, if not all, automobile manufacturers publish “brand identity guidelines” that describe in detail how their dealers – and likely auto repair...

Trademark infringement with domain name.

Registering a domain name that serves, in whole or in part, as someone else’s trademark can be, but is not necessarily, cybersquatting. The person...

Can your memories of a copyrighted work (and the physical encoding within the brain) be considered copyright infringement?

So, for fun, let’s go down this rabbit hole. No, a brain does not create a “copy” of a copyrightable work when it’s viewed or read. So the...

Do eCO check up the information you entered in copyright registration forms?

A copyright-protected work isn't "published" merely because it's been streamed over the world wide web. A public performance or public display...

Copyright attaches to literary works -- in whatever form. This response to your question exists in human-readable form [what you're looking at...