How do i start a music catalog business selling cassettes,Cd's,etc.by mail without getting into copyright trouble ?

As my colleagues note, it's lawful to re-sell USED music cassettes, records, and CD's so long as the physical copies were lawfully purchased and...

Importing a counterfeit product is unlawful -- even if you don't take possession because it was seized by Customs. The trademark owner is...

Per an agreement, can a works-made-for-hire product be sold 'as-is' even if including a limited warranty?

A computer program cannot be a "work for hire" unless it's (1) a contribution to a collective work, (2) a part of a motion picture or other...

First use?

It's generally unlawful to create a product that displays on or in it an item that is or includes a trademark owned by someone else [such as a...

It would be lawful for you -- or, better yet, the company that owns the preschool -- to purchase licensed wall murals depicting the Disney...

I am about to publish the first in a series of books. I want to protect the series name do I need to register or trademark it?

You should first have your own Massachusetts-licensed intellectual property attorney "clear the rights" to the name you've selected to brand your...

A summary of a copyrighted work is very likely a "derivative" of that work (see the definition below). To lawfully sell that derivative summary the...

My colleagues have already provided you with very good information. I echo the note that customizing NEW branded clothes and then re-selling them...

As my colleague notes, drawing Disney characters and then publicly displaying them in your medical office would create unlawful "derivative" works...

Can I upload a song I wrote to streaming services if it has a 20 second audio clip from a movie? If not,who do I ask permission?

The audio clips you reference are protected by copyright, the main fictional characters in the Andy Griffith show are seperately protected by...