I have transcribed some bluegrass tunes from very old recordings and would like to publish there. Do I own the copyright?

Q: " Do I have to get permission from the publisher/person/body that owns the copyright of this song before publishing these transcriptions?" R: ...

What is my personal liability for redeveloping software from scratch that I had done for a previous company?

Your potential "liability" depends on whether you have the right to "redevelop" the software that you wrote for your former employer to create and...

Q: "Do I have a case ... ." R: No. Write down three reasons why you think your unlicensed, public use was "fair" -- and then imagine yourself as...

Copyright Statutory Damages, fact pattern

If the infringement occured after registration then, yes, statutory damages may be elected and attorneys fees may be awarded.

Your own attorney will have to evaluate if the product you want to import is really unbranded and, even if it is, whether anyone in the U.S. owns...

Does my trademark for my Slimming Water logo infringe on Dasani water logo which is owned by Coca Cola?

It is not in your best interest to air this dispute in public. The Coca-Cola attorneys will read your question and all responses -- which, if any...

Patent applicant but not owner

This is one of those situations where you don't know enough to know what you don't know. Considering how best to participate in a product...

Do I need to cease production on a tshirt design due to non-trademarked wording another company uses?

The only "proprietary rights" the other company may have in the wording is if it's used as a trademark to brand its clothes. Some phrases, of...

All funny videos are not "parodies." A trademark parody modifies or uses a trademark [such as an NFL team logo] in a humorous way so that it...

Is the following fraud? If so, what can be done to stop it?

Publishing a video that shows someone singing a song infringes the copyright in the musical composition of that song [that is, its words and...