How do I legally use Open Courseware/Videos released under a creative commons (CC BY-NC-SA) license?

Each MOOC will have a "Terms of Use" agreement that defines the provider and user's rights and responsibilities. You can read MIT's via the link...

Trademark

Your own trademark attorney should consider whether you can lawfully use the mark you've selected in light of all the other already-in-use marks...

Clarification on DCMA situation

So, you outed yourself. Now they know who to sue and where. But will they? You should determine if you've already been sued as a "John Doe" in...

I have little hesitation concluding that your sales of a"super hero themed fitness program" very, very likely infringes the copyright and trademark...

Can I reprint and sell a poster advertising a 1916 college bowl football game between two universities?

Works of art created in the U.S. before 1923 are all in the public domain. So, yes, it appears that you may lawfully re-color the 1916 poster and...

Is there a way to fight a DMCA from an internet service provider?

The facts don't sound right at all. Internet service providers typically send a letter to their customers when informed by a copyright owner...

Is it legal to act out characters for a satire game, i.e., pretending to be Homer Simpson while ordering a coffee?

I can't envision any legitimate claim by a celebrity against a company that sells a game containing a set of, say, 100 cards each one displaying a...

Theodor Seuss Geisel died in 1991 in La Jolla, California. As a result, and because he was a "personality" while alive, for the next 70 years...

In terms of copyright where do I stand using characters I co created with another writer in a work of my own?

Using in a book the "names of some characters and the title of [a] script" that was never published is very likely lawful even if your script...

Yesterday put my name up and I came across a picture my picture on bing with my first and last name attach can I sue bing.

The courts have already concluded that search engines have the legal right to publish thumbnail images through their sites via hotlinks to the site...