Can a portrait be painted and displayed without permission?

The general rule is that it's lawful for an artist to create, or a photographer to take, an image of a person's face and to then sell that portrait...

Our earliest preserved writings date back 4,100 years. The general rule is that every writing publicly disclosed more than 95 years ago is in the...

How do I contact a publishing company to obtain a licensing agreement for an audiobook?

Your own California-licensed business attorney needs to help you create a company from which you'll do business and then your company's outside...

What is considered too similar when it comes to a trademarked business name?

Here’s the general rule that applies to trademarks and unfair competition: Under those bodies of law it's unlawful for a person to offer to sell a...

What is the financial framework of compensation when entering a deal to sell my movie to Netflix?

There are far too many variables in play for you to gain any actionable advice via this forum. You need a literary agent or entertainment attorney...

Copyright infringement?

Your question has been asked many times before. You should read them and their answers via the links below. There will be more information there...

The manufacture and sale of distilled spirits is highly regulated on both the state and federal level. You'll need to work with your own...

A word is a symbol for whatever underlying thing or idea it denotes. No word is copyrightable. No two words together are copyrightable. Words are...

Hi, we are a group of women , healers , activists and energy workers and artists who would like to sue instagram and Facebook

Instagram and Facebook are private companies that have the right to set the rules their users must follow. Those companies could change their...

Whether you infringed a copyright, or not, by re-selling the product turns on (1) whether the product was genuine (that is, not a counterfeit) and...