If a fabric is copyrighted, how similar can the fabric be to the copyrighted fabric bf it's considered infringement?

Please see my response to your identical question.

With copyright on fabric designs it has to be substantially similar. How close or far away is substantially?

I think you're mixing two different concepts: (1) the design of a dress and (2) the design on a dress [that is, the design on the fabric used to...

Can I request that a journalist/media outlet not report certain facts not relevant to a story if I offer a story about myself?

If you can persuade a journalist to write only part of a story about a person, thing, or event then that person is a very poor journalist....

Will my employer have ownership if I write a book?

You’re asking a very good question and may have cause to be concerned under California labor law. The type of question you’ve asked has been...

Violating best practices as a graphic designer?

What's legal is not always what's right. Yes, you likely have the legal upper hand over Leslie in this situation because, absent a signed...

I think you're mixing up who's the licensor and who's the licensee. The likelihood that the owners of the copyrights in "a popular song" [that...

As you note, the copyright term is the author's lifetime plus 70 years after his death. If a work is of corporate authorship, the copyright...

Is it illegal in texas to buy a replica gucci belt or replica. Designer. Products

While it's unlawful to sell a counterfeit product, I know of no law or theory of liability that makes it unlawful to buy a counterfeit product for...

I don't understand your intentions. Dictionaries are copyrightable works -- even when the defined words are published in alphabetical order....

Can a Jamaican citizen register works with the US copyright office?

The author's citizenship does not matter. Citizens of any country may register the copyright in their "U.S. works" with the U.S. Copyright Office...