As my colleague notes, the general contact information for a company may be lawfully displayed on a website -- as can any other public information...

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Photographs and predominently non-functional toys are both copyrigtable works of authorship. Assuming you take the photograph of a toy then you...

I have a photo I took in 10/2013. In August of 2014 I found it used without my permission on 36 sites, 2 blogs, and 2 pornsite.

Because you did not register the copyright in the photograph before it was [allegedly] infringed you are NOT entitled to statutory damages or your...

If I want to cover the lyrics of a song, would I have any copyright issues?

I think your plan is to record and sell your own karoake version of a song. You would need a license from: (1) the owner of the copyright in...

I agree with Attorney Lawrence and think the law is clear that it's NOT copyright infringement to make one derivative copy of a copyrightable work...

As my colleague notes, even if unbranded with a trademark the sunglasses could still be protected by a design patent. If so, you cannot import them...

IP-Echelon monitors "P2P networks, social media, websites, [and] web advertising operations" to ferret out the unlawful distribution of copyrighted...

I am working on a documentary on UFOs but can not find the copyright holder of some old photographs which are critical to the

You need to read the information about copyright and fair use as applied to documentary filmmaking that's provided by the American University's...

Is my employer violating the terms of my employment when they sell/trade my original content?

Your fundamental misunderstanding is that you think what you create for your employer is YOUR "original, researched, and well-written content." It...

A vendor we use to white/private label has breached the contract and showcase one of our clients as theirs. What should we do?

I'm not at all clear on the facts. I think you sell something that's actually made by and delivered to your customers by Vendor. Vendor has...