The soundtrack of a video is a stand-alone copyrighted work. So "converting a YouTube video to MP3" IS, in fact, downloading the copyighted sound...

If I include the following items in the website, will I violate the retailers' intellectual property rights?

The answers to your questions will be fact and context-specific so ONLY your own intellectual property attorney can provide you with actionable...

I have a public art installation. If people participate by writing down their answers, who owns the rights to the copyright?

There is no one answer to your question. As I think you know, the general rule is that the person who creates a copyrightable work owns the...

Question about California's new Yelp law

As I read the statute it's plain to me that absent "[a] contract or proposed contract for the sale or lease of consumer goods or services" it...

How can I close/modify my website without approval of the webmaster?

Your "business buddy" and you probably created, as a matter of law, a default general partnership when working together to build the business. It...

What are the pro's & con's of getting a trademark for your business?

Selecting, properly clearing the rights to use, legally protecting and then enforcing your company's name and product branding is not a...

First, you should discuss this matter with your parents. At the very least, it sounds creepy. Second, under intellectual property law, the...

Selling original negatives, plus copyright for same, do I need a lawyer to write up the transfer of copyright ownership?

To state the obvious, no savvy person would buy photographic negatives without also buying the copyrights that attach to the photographs because...

Can't register a DMCA agent

When all else fails, read the directions. The Copyright Office tells everyone how to designate a DMCA Agent at [ http://copyright.gov/onlinesp...

According to the relevant law: “The term ‘use in commerce’ means the bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade [when] on goods … it...