I am I allowed to use this pic of Buzz Aldrin in a design

The general rule is that copying a photograph of a living person or a dead celebrity and affixing it to shirts for sale (1) infringes the copyright...

Cancellation proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

If I understand the posture of the proceeding, your side owns a trademark registration and someone has petitioned to cancel that registration based...

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Can this DBA help my LLC? Or am I wrong here?

IF you use your company name as a trademark and it's not merely descriptive or simply names the services that you sell then you automatically own...

Is it copyright infringement if my former client is having my interior design job photographed for profit?

Though not discussed by my colleagues there is a remote possibility that the "recognizable look" of the interior designs that your company creates...

Is someone infringing on my copyright if they copy significant, but not all, elements of my software code?

Your question is internally inconsistent. You say someone "reverse engineered" the source code of your website. That means the person viewed...

If your trademark is registered under three different classes of goods do you need to be selling products in each class?

Your -- and my colleagues -- focus on the "class" of goods in which your mark is registered is entirely misplaced. A mark brands, or doesn't,...

Intellectual property: would this be a criminal or civil case?

Like my colleague, I'm not sure what you're planning. I think you're under the false impression that you may lawfully copy and make available...

If my employer asks me do help them violate copyright infringement laws am I able to say no?

I agree with Attorney Burdick. This fact pattern implicates two of the six rights that comprise a copyright: (1) distribution and (2)...

The best way to explain what is "continuous use" of a mark is to learn what is "excusable nonuse" of a mark. Visit the link below to read what that...

Only your own attorney can review the MANY regulations that apply to the manufacture and sale of cleaning products. You should review the...