First, short phrases -- including "I Pinky Promise" -- are NOT copyrightable. You're confusing copyright law with trademark law. A phrase can...

What would I need to use someones picture to promote my business?

This is an interesting question. Assuming that your photobooth works like most others, your customers can choose a background, their arrangement...

Can an artist recreate a limited edition bronze and issue a new limited edition by changing just the bronze base ?

As my colleague notes, IF your purchase contract defined the term "limited edition" then that definition controls. As a practical matter, the...

I disagree with my colleagues. Copyright law has expressly created many exceptions to the exclusive rights granted to copyright owners. One...

Website uses my picture to sell merchandise

If you have a question then ask it. No one is going to [or should] click on your link. If you want to know whether your image can lawfully be used...

What is the best way to protect ownership of a copyright as an asset (also for inheritance)?

The fact that you've noted "we have created" various copyrighted works with an eye towards making money selling products using those works means...

Can a U.K. photographer sue a U.S. citizen for unwittingly using an image printed on poster I sell?

The short answer is yes, a copyright protecting a work that was created in England [or anywhere else in the United Kingdom] can be enforce in a...

Extent of Image Copyright?

Your question requires your own copyright attorney to answer the following: Absent the creative commons license, would the image you created by...

IN A FAMILY LAW If a person claims is the inventor of a patent, is this reported in his family law schedule of assets and debts?

As my colleagues note, yes, you must list the patent applications you filed and the patents you were granted during the time you were married. Both...

Can someone use my registered trademark in the same goods/services if they add words to it?

This is obviously a follow-up to your earlier question. The answer to this one is also maybe and depends on the commercial impression that's left...