According to your chronology, when your relative died the company was still operating. To whom was his ownership interest transferred, through what...

Can I use photographs of generic animal bath toys to illustrate a book?

Not lawfully. You don't own the copyright to the photographs. The illustrations created from them, therefore, would be unlawful "derivative" works...

Selling lego block which can built into Mickey Mouse, would there be copyright problem ?

Making and selling a toy that looks like, or looks confusingly similar to, Mickey Mouse is very likely both copyright and trademark infringement. ...

You and your own attorney need to read California Evidence Code 452 and the case law that applies it in different factual contexts.

If I download a photograph online, print it, put it in a frame and give it to a friend as a gift, is that legal?

The letter of our statutory law [e.g., 17 U.S.C. 501(a)] must always be read within the context of our structure of justice and its precedent and...

How do I know if this is a trademark/IP violation?

Just to be picky about the right way to state the rule: It's unlawful to brand and sell a product under a mark as one already being used, or one...

As an entertainer/musician, Can I trademark the way how I wear my clothes?

I can't envision a way that you can wear shoes that's significantly different than the way everyone else in the world wears shoes. But if...

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The answer is, yes, at least one copyright owner has filed suit against an internet user for simply watching an unlicensed, streamed program. The...

Question regarding a graphic design agency contract for services.

One point to add to Attorney Yurgil's fine response: A copyright cannot be transferred except by a writing signed by the author. So ... if your...

The answer depends on where in the country the copyright infringement lawsuit is filed. In the states falling within the Tenth and Eleventh...