Am I at risk for being sued if a trademark is approved? Do I have to change my Company name?

The relevant, general rules are that: (1) a person's trademark rights exist only in the geographic area where the branded products or services are...

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Can I buy a form of product packaging, change a few characteristics, and resell as a product that is not used for packaging?

You want to know if you may buy a product, modify it, and then lawfully re-brand and re-sell it. Maybe. Functional products -- like product...

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Can I use trial transcripts taken from a documentary in a theatrical production?

You're being challenged by the copyright rule that "it's lawful to copy the original but unlawful to copy a copy." A painter may, of course,...

After a successful phishing attempt, two important .com domains were stolen and moved to another registrar, ename.net.

So ... you responded to a "phishing" email by, apparently, providing the bad guy with the user name and password to your domain name registrar...

With regard to the commission and sale of intellectual property, can emails containing terms of sale be considered binding?

You agreed via email to write a song, wrote it, delivered it and now worry you won't get paid. Happens all the time. If you aren't paid then...

Copyright and Parody

And note also that Weird Al Yankovic ALWAYS acquires permission before he creates the parody songs that have made him [deservedly] famous.

I have created hundreds of individual heart designs, can I copyright them as a group or collection for a single copyright fee?

The U.S. Copyright Office has published a "compendium" of guidance that answers your questions [particularly at Section 1106]. Visit the first link...

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How do I ensure I don't get ripped off by a company when licensing an idea (that isn't patentable or trademarkable) to them?

You should buy and read a few books on how to license your idea. Use the link below to locate such books. Then speak with an intellectual property...

A invention about new clean energy. i would like to share with you,if you can do the agency

The law is not uniform regarding whether an attorney may accept an ownership interest in a patent application, and any patents that issue from that...

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. Can a person put a picture of a copyrighted logo of a team's mascot on memorial cards that are distributed at his funeral ?

As already noted, unless your brother is a celebrity it's lawful to display the image of a college mascot on a memorial card distributed at a...