The manufacturer of Products X, Y, and Z may lawfully use "Tech A" as a trademark to identify each of those products -- even if Y and Z function...

One part of the answer depends on whether the toy you're asked to draw is protected by copyright. A Slinky, a baseball glove, an XBox...

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A copyrightable work such as a video is in the "public domain" when its copyright expires, is expressly dedicated to the public domain, or is...

Are there legal concerns with me directing a user of a curriculum I am writing to have their students watch a YouTube video?

Query Google for [ copyright "contributory infringement" ] and read the relevant rules and reasons why a person may be held liable for inducing...

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Can I legally protect myself against an internet harasser?

You should read the information about restraining orders via the following links and then speak with a local family law attorney. Good...

There is no rule -- or even guideline -- that permits the lawful "fair use" verbatim copying of 10% or less of a copyrighted work. The relative...

Embedded content from third party sites, is that copyright infringement?

Using an inline link to display on a website content that’s hosted on someone else’s server has been held by at least the Ninth Circuit of Appeal...

A person who takes a photograph of, or otherwise independantly creates an image of, a well-known and already named feature in a National Park or...

Here’s the general rule: It’s unlawful under trademark law to distribute a product or offer a service branded with or using a word, term, name,...

If a company's practices contradict its terms of service, which do I follow?

Your question arises under many different scenarios. At bottom, the issue is whether a court would enforce a term in a software license that...