I also know that the Dastar Corp ruling said you can't use trademark as a mutant copyright towards public domain works.

Just because one form of protection for a work has expired does not mean all forms of protection for that work as expired. The vast majority of...

Please let me know if it's legal to use cover songs sold by a third party in a derivative work and if so how is it legal.

The rule is that the owner of a song's muscial composition copyright must be paid a license fee when the song is publicly performed -- either alone...

Marketing Using Contributory Infringement Uses

Your own Utah-based patent attorney needs to read the patent you're trying not to infringe. Although you note the other company has "patented the...

Can I sue her?

Because you didn't mention one, I think we can assume you don't have a formal, written agreement with the screenwriter. Which means you either...

I disagree with my colleagues. The issue is whether you infringed the copyright in the photograph. Because you accessed the photograph via...

How do you protect a customer from selling your hardware after they've deleted the licensed software within it?

I'm not at all sure that your "license" is enforceable. Specifically, I don't think you're correct that you "can restrict customers' use of the...

Is This A Legitimate Way to Work Around a Competitors Patent?

As my colleagues note, you need to speak with your own patent attorney. The [partial] patent claim you recite describes, as you note, a cube....

Will it be legal for me to publish and sell an NFL wallet schedule in light of the "FOR USE AS DESIRED" statement?

The document to which you refer is linked-to below. No one via this Q&A site can or will provide you with a legal opinion as to whether the NFL...

No, math equations are not patentable subject matter. They are "laws of nature" and, by themselves, are "astract ideas" for which no one may claim...

Contact the North Carolina Film Office [ http://www.filmnc.com/contact-us.html ]. My unresearched take on the matter is that making adult films in...