Is deep linking legal? I deep link to restaurant sites where they post their coupons. One chain told me to desist.

Publishing a "deep link" [a hypertext link to an interior webpage] may violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act IF the website Terms of Use is, in...

Can I register my writings somehow (copyright, recorded, etc.) but keep all or most of them hidden from the public?

ALL works filed with the Copyright Office are made available to the public for review [but not copying] during the period of time the deposit copy...

Is there a copyright Infringement if I generate my own Karaoke tracks from popular songs and then resell it ?

The underlying music of a song is protected by a "musical composition" copyright. Normally the author of the song or his or her music publisher...

Can I design using claim a lapsed patent even though I have found an active patent and an application with very similar claims?

The applicable rule that most broadly applies is that publicly disclosed inventions, or elements of inventions, that are not protected by a...

Can you incorporate someone elses non-famous Trademark into a business name?

The phrase "Nailface Speciality INC" as a trade name for a company that sells nails for hammers and other tools would very, very likely not...

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As noted by Attorney Cernyar, posting the video is very likely a crime in California [Penal Code 647 ("revenge porn law")] and the demand for money...

Ecommerce site and potential lawsuit

As noted by Attorney Doland, if the other company's "product categories" are creative and not merely the names of, or a mere description of, the...

Can I press's charges against two women who took photos of my child and posted them on social media

As suggested by Attorney Pascal, there is nothing unlawful about taking a person's photograph -- even of a child -- and publishing it on a social...

Am I signing away my copyright to the editors? Will the copyright be subsumed into the anthology?

A copyright is really a bundle of various -- and specific -- rights. Each may be sold or licensed separately. As my colleague notes, your own...