If i shoot a photo of a person on their doorstep frm across the street, do i need a release from them to do a painting of the sc

Probably not. The analysis goes like this: Everyone [especially California residents] has a "right of publicity" that grants them the exclusive...

I'm being told a program I created can never be used by me again.

First, do you have a written agreement with the company? If so, it's terms control. Second, this dispute is likely far simpler than you make it...

I blog on 3 Tea Party sites. My profile and blogs have been posted on the internet. How do I get them removed?

I think you're saying that you write material and post it on various websites. And now your "profile" and your writings are being published on...

I came up with a name for a Florida charter school....the name has never been trademarked or copyrighted...

You thought of a name for a school. Good for you. But you did not start a school under that name. Or try to convince anyone else to use that...

If your application was a provisional application then it never published and so, yes, you can file another application [either a provisional or a...

Can I use a quote from a TV show as part of a song lyric?

Q: "Can I use a quote from a TV show as part of a song lyric?" R: Yes.

Can me and my friends sell designer t-shirts that we made on the streets

So long as the "design" you create does not infringe anyone else's copyright or "right of publicity" or trademark or is obscene then, yes, you may...

Interior Design: Who owns the actual rights to the drawings and design? Designer or Client?

By "actual rights" I think you mean the copyright in the drawings. Because there was no written transfer from you [the author of the drawings] of...

So long as you do not make it appear to your website's viewers that Disney is somehow associated with, or sponsors or endorses, you or the vacation...

I work in healthcare and have a vendor come to my place of employment to sell knockoff bags. Is this illegal?

Not only is your conduct aiding and abetting counterfeiting, you're also likely conspiring to commit counterfeiting. Both are crimes. The least...