Will a movie i mailed to myself (poor man copyright) stand up in court. 732-912-4214 karim is my name

The storyline of "a Columbian girl who wittness her parents murder and grows up to seek recevenge" is NOT copyrightable. That is a mere...

How to set up a non disclosure agreement between a company and I?

Very few potential licensees will sign a non-disclosure agreement as a condition of hearing your sales pitch. Why should they? There are...

Absent a license or a "fair use" right, downloading copyrighted material whose copyright one does not own is copyright infringement. Period....

I would like to sell cosmetic items that achieve the look of vintage (deceased) movie stars, and name the items "inspired by ..

The California Secretary of State publishes a searchable, online database containing the contact information for the estates of deceased...

SELLING A DRESS THAT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE A DESIGNER DRESS INCLUDING THE FABRIC PRINT.

Your most significant legal risk is a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the fabric manufacturer -- not the dress designer. Visit the link...

Use of patent?

Answering any further questions from you will do you a great disservice. You cannot start, structure and manage a business without first sitting...

Register trade mark for non-registered personal name sole proprietorship business

Yes, a trademark can be used to brand a sole proprietorship business. Not all phrases, however, qualify for trademark protection and even if...

Selected as the best answer

Use of trade mark

You really need to sit down with your own trademark attorney in private because your questions reveal fundamental misunderstandings about the rules...

Selected as the best answer

Can I re-publish in a newsletter an original article from a newspaper if the original author name and newspaper name are kept

What you propose is blatant copyright infringement. Someone other than you owns the copyright in the articles that you want to re-publish. Without...

Hello; I know you cannot register a TM that has a "dirty word" in it, but can you imply a dirty word such as sh*t? Thank you!

As you note, a trademark containing the word "sh*t" is not registrable. The closest that anyone has come, I believe, is "PLAY 2 WIN OR TURN YOUR...