To register a musical composition, can I send a PDF with the lead sheet and the lyrics aside?

If you seperate a song's lyrics from its chords and melody no one can put them all together to perform the song as you intend it to be performed....

As my colleagues note, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has adopted rules about how and when to properly make "Made in America" advertising...

Neither a musical composition nor its sound recording qualifies as a "work for hire" outside the employer - employee relationship. So you're...

Can can I recoup $195 from Davison and $4,200 from idea Design Studio?

You and your own California-licensed intellectual property attorney need to read the federal and California-specific laws relating to invention...

Your own Washington-licensed intellectual property attorney will have to evalute, among other things, whether your use of the modified logo is...

An attorney specializing in employment matters will have to answer whether a fashion company may lawfully require you to submit a clothing design...

I disagree with my colleagues who note that a celebrity's “right of publicity” may be asserted to bar you from selling your drawings of that...

Can a case be reversed or thrown out without an appeal if found to be against the doctrine of law?

Query Google for [ JNOV "Rule 50" ] and read about the relevant law. Then immediately speak with a intellectual property litigator about...

Do I need people to sign a release for commercial use of photography if they are on my own private property?

There is no one answer to your question. If by "their footage" you mean photographs or video that people on your property created themselves...

If I give proper credit to appropriate parties, can I use copyrighted materials in a new digital photo manipulations?

Query Google for [ "appropriation art" copyright ] and read. Then speak with your own Georgia-licensed intellectual property attorney about how, if...