No matter how "artistic" your work, if it's "based upon" a preexisting work and recasts, transforms or adapts that work then your work is a...

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Using NBA Team Names in Android Game App

Tne general rule is that it's lawful to include another's trademark in a communicative product [book, movie, software, painting, etc.] when doing...

Do I need permission or can I get by ?

Anyone can lawfully write a screenplay about anything or anyone. The issue is whether a movie production company may lawfully make a movie based on...

In my patent search, does U.S. patents' expire 20 years from the "DATE OF PATENT" that is on the top of the actual patent?

No U.S. patent issued on October 10, 1988 is still in force. There may be patents that claim very similar inventions, or improvements on that...

Is it illegal to show creative work I did for a previous employer?

If your former employer's attorney has already concluded that you're in violation of your employment agreement and he felt sufficiently sure to...

Can I collect old clothing donations and sell online for profit? I reside in Florida.

Please see my response to your identical question.

Can I collect old clothing donations and sell them online for profit? I reside in Florida.

In addition to the information provided by Attorney Natoli, you will also need to learn how to properly form and name your company, register a...

Is it okay to use an abbreviation to represent intellectual property in a book?

I think you need to back up. First, you need a written agreement between you and the person whose story you intend to tell. Second, it's...

You would need a license from the owner of the copyright in the script to lawfully have actors read the script live on stage in front of an...

Entertainment law. In a sitcom style script is it copy write infringement if you use the name of a Movie or Broadway show,

The type of dialogue that you describe in your first example is fine. The type of work that you describe in your second example may not be...