The Copyright Office has determined that "fanciful costumes" are not copyrightable because they're "useful articles." 56 Fed. Reg. 56,530 (Nov....

Should we oppose another trademark application who applied for exact same trademark under exact same IC?

I second Attorney Sak's response. In particular, the International Classification is entirely IRRELEVANT when considering whether the use of one...

Do I need an intellectual property lawyer

To follow up on Attorney Koslyn's response: 1. You need a license from either ASCAP, BMI and SESAC to compensate the songwriter. 2. But the...

Are you allowed to use someone's name or picture without their consent?

I think it's near certain that the use of the photograph in each of your three examples is lawful. For different reasons, of course, but the...

What are my options moving forward?

You're not correct that an artist's surname is only registrable on the Supplemental Register. The only procedural difference between...

See my answer to your other, identical question.

You’re right to be concerned. “Potato Head” toys are copyrightable [ex., http://goo.gl/0HPkL3 and http://goo.gl/cXjfc3 ] and are claimed in various...

Your premise is wrong: The other clothing seller DOES have "legality in its operation." Sole proprietors routinely, and lawfully, do business...

Can I accuse the professor of Coercion?

You're missing a fundamental principle. The one-party consent rule makes a "mechanical overhearing of a conversation" unlawful unless one party...

A "backronym" is a fanciful phrase created by expanding out an acronym. Examples are SOS = "Save Our Souls" and Wiki - "What I Know Is" and BING =...