Would the zombie version be considered derivative or transformative?

There is no legal requirement to attribute the original author of a public domain work when making a new work based on the original. There is,...

If your video is Fair Use, do you own the copyright to that particular video?

Hmm. My colleagues responses were not as precise as normal. While making a parody of, or adding your "own twist" on, another's copyrighted work may...

Marvel Characters, Inc. owns federally registered trademark rights in the word “Daredevil” to brand comic magazines and stories in illustrated...

Can I copy photos from a public forum and display them for parody purposes on my blog without expressed consent?

The altered work you've described is not a "parody." A parody is the use of some elements of a prior author’s composition to create a new one...

Employer's rights on patent applications

Innovative companies in the Bay Area of California are intellectual property-savvy. I think it very likely that your former employer had you sign a...

On the vagueness of defining "fair use".

A few years back the Copyright Office was tasked with compiling and publishing "fair use" court decisions to establish an easily-accessible...

What would it cost to have a review done on a utility patent app that I have written myself?

Your own patent attorney is not permitted to simply "review" your application. His obligation under our rules of professional conduct -- and our...

Query Google for "residual goodwill" and read the many articles that discuss the legally uncertain enterprise of reviving and reusing abandoned...

There is no uncertainty in the answer: It's lawful to watch a video online for your own entertainment that contains infringing material. Even if...

Q: Shouldn't a registered trademark of a pre-1972 sound recording also expire at the same time? R: No. Merely because the copyright in a work of...