With the info provided, do you think it is "infringing" on a trademark when item is matted and framed, then resold?

Well, the pennant was most likely not a "Kobe Bryant" pennant but rather a Los Angeles Lakers pennant displaying either his name or image or both....

What is determined to be a break in copywriter or trademark laws and what would not?

It's unlawful under "right of publicity" law and "false association" law [a type of unfair competition law] to affix the name or image of a living...

Are you required to provide passwords to your ex-employer?

Two general rules apply: (1) If the employee's employment contract address the issue then the relevant provisions control, and (2) if the...

Yes, sentences and phrases used in television shows, movies, video games – or any entertainment or literary work – can very often be lawfully used...

Getty images for athletes?

Getty Images delivers virtually all of the photographs that it licenses digitally, including, as you note, via embed code. The photographers and...

Can I get a little advice on Intellectual Property?

If you're going to start a business selling what you create then you really need to learn the rules -- all of them, not just the ones dealing with...

Am I infringing copyright laws?

If we assume your statement "i haven't scraped any content other than the names (eg. 'Zara'). Just names of brands.nothing else" is accurate then,...

Use of NFL player & team names and NBA player & team names?

Entire books have been written to explain the various laws that apply to journalism and, now, webblogs. Your obligation, as someone who intends to...

How do I protect my rights to a provisional patent filed in February of this year, if my co-inventor is not cooperative now?

First, there is no such animal as a Provisional Patent -- there's only a provisional patent application. The VAST majority of which are worthless...

Is it legal to use Birkenstock footbeds in the sandals I want to make and sell?

To my knowledge Birkenstock does not sell its footbeds seperate from its sandals. I think your plan, therefore, is to buy Birkenstock sandles, cut...