Own registered trademark in USA. Ex agents using two websites that is under my trademark and gets directed to their copy brand

As my colleague gently notes, it would be challenging, at best, to persuade a judge or jury to conclude that the trademark "Tatostix" infringes the...

What is covered under "First Sale Doctrine"?

No. The copyright first sale provision states: "Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106 (3), the owner of a particular copy or...

How to fight copyright trolls?

So a copyright owner who asserts its rights against someone who unlawfully copies the [very expensive to create] copyright-protected work is a...

What happened to Company A? Any way, if: 1. Company B's "name" actually serves as a trademark [many trade names do not] and 2. that use began...

What are the copyright laws for excerpting from books/essays/poems/etc if the intended use is for educational purposes.

The scope of lawful fair use of another's copyrighted work for educational purposes is FAR more restricted than you -- and my colleagues -- seem to...

I won't pass on the ethics of watching infringing copyrighted material via the internet. As far as the legal analysis, it’s straightforward:...

As you and one of my colleagues rightly note, 17 U.S.C. section 110(1) permits the unlicensed performance of a copyrighted work "by instructors or...

You've already bought the person's product. So why do you even care if his product is patent protected or pending patent protection? Or, more...

Selling original design t-shirts regarding political issue.

Assuming the "political figure" is, indeed, a well-known politician then I see very little legal risk, if any, in making and selling a shirt that...

There are other people using band names similar to mine and it is causing confusion. We have been around since 1998.

As my colleagues note, your own trademark attorney needs to evaluate the circumstances and to advise you in private. You should track down a...