Can I legally sell 10 paintings I have made of established comic book heroes?

Please see my response to your identical question.

The Superman and Spiderman characters are protected by both copyright and trademark law. So the initial answer is, no, you may not sell a product...

If I get the same business name as someone else, but for a different business, it is okay?

You found one other user of the company name that you want to adopt. There are very, very likely more. That is why before any business chooses a...

How can I Find if I can use a Gandhi's quote on my shirt (also it is going to have my company logo) and sell it with no legal

The general rule is that a short quote [attributed or not] can lawfully be affixed to a product offered for sale so long as that quote (1) does not...

I would like to put a Nintendo image onto a shirt

The Nintendo image is one of its trademarks. A trademark owner has the [qualified] right to prevent all others from using its mark to entice...

I'm not sure whether I agree or disagree with Attorney Ross. Accrording to the definitions section of our federal trademark law "[t]he term...

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Do I need publisher rights to build a site that creates and hosts outlines of books?

All good questions. However, any time a business plan literally depends for its success on exploiting the intellectual property created by others...

Rose Visual Art and Fine Art stolen: Did you see the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl Game? You saw a circular red/green rose emblem(c)

A copyright cannot be stolen, only infringed. And only then if there really is a copyright and only if the protectable elements of the copyrighted...

It's first necessary to address the potentially difficult question whether federal copyright law preempts all state law claims. Specificially, does...

Could a trademark slogan include the name of another company?

See my response to your identical question.