Does copyrighting an app just protect the name or the app itself or both?

How do you know that your mobile device application does not infringe someone's already-existing patent, copyright and/or trademark rights? You...

Do likeness rights of a celebrity extend to commissioned art work that is publicly funded?

I respectfully disagree with my colleagues and believe that Missouri's "right of publicity" law [whatever it is] is soundly trumped by the artist's...

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If a publisher has broken the original contract by not paying royalties, which court would I file a lawsuit in? Local or Federal

How do you know that those 75 books, or at least some of them, were not sold during "the first six months of the contract" for which you were paid...

Will copyright office delete erroneous data in a registration?

The general rule is that once the Copyright Office issues a certificate of registration it cannot remove any information from the public...

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Trademark litigation and cancellation: : is there a higher standard of proof at the TRADEMARK TRAIL AND APPEAL BOARD for generic

A party seeking to rebut the prima facie validity of a trademark registration in order to cancel that registration in either a TTAB proceeding or...

A copyright assignment agreement must be in writing but need not be witnessed by a notary public. However, if the new owner ever tries to...

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Some uses of those trademarks are infringing those companies' trademark rights [but the companies don't know or care] and some uses are...

I intend to start selling vintage hats with vintage autosport patches, both authentic and reproduction. Is this a legal move?

STOP. Your intent to sell "vintage hats with vintage autosport patches" is UNLAWFUL if what you're selling is not, in fact, the real deal --...

My daughter posed for pictures with a photographer for advertising. And no longer works for the company.

Assuming your daughter worked for the company within Texas then that state's "commercial appropriation" prong of its right of privacy law applies....

I'm shooting a video of people wearing their college gear and holding a sign thanking our care package company. Is that legal?

No one can opine on the risk of your company being sued for trademark infringement until after viewing the finished commercial. You should,...