Is it against likeness or libel laws to make a game featuring JFK?

As my colleagues note, it's likely lawful to depict JFK in a video game even without permission from his estate. Assuming Massachusetts' right of...

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Slideshow for a patent

What would someone who viewed your slideshow ask a judge to "declare" about your patent? Only if you attempt to enforce your patent against a...

I am using Disney characters in my graphic art but it is not direct replicas of the characters in films. Is that copyrighting?

You've asked whether it's lawful to sell "graphic art" displaying images of "Disney characters" that are "not direct replicas." NO, of course...

Can I sign a service agreement under a pen name?

Only a New York-licensed attorney can answer your question definitively. Your question is really whether a contract is valid if one of the...

IF: (1) the other company owns trademark rights in whatever word or phrase it's using as its domain name, and (2) those rights were created...

Can a simple permission letter get you out of a law suit and abusing someones trademark/intellectual rights to there product.

Please see my response to your identical question.

Can a agreement in a email hold up in court for trademarks

Your own attorney needs to apply the following rules to your particular facts. First, unless you're contractually prohibited from doing so, it...

Is it legal to create a generic program that finds the best torrent file for users, regardless if the file is copyrighted?

You ask if “creating a generic tool that finds the best torrent file” and making it available for download is lawful. The answer depends on,...

I think Attorney Gingher has the right approach. If an invention works as described both with and without Element A then without A is "the...

My 11 year old son was forced to remove a magazine clipping of a Chanel handbag from a collage he made for a school project.

No, the teacher is wrong -- both legally and ethically. As a legal matter, the inclusion of a copyrighted image displaying another's trademark...