You and your own attorney need to read 17 U.S.C. §110(4) and figure out a way to satisfy its terms. If you do, then your unlicensed performances...

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Your plan fails as a fundamental matter because you assume it's lawful to give away a counterfeit product. Nope. No money need change hands for a...

Can I make a product whose ingredients completely or partially coincide with a foreign brand?

The general rule is that it's lawful to copy, manufacture, and sell a competitor's product under different branding. There are exceptions: such...

As my colleague notes, the scent of a perfume is not protectable as property under trademark law or under any other law of which I'm aware. The...

If I do not patent but show I made it, doesn't that count? Since the purpose of a patent is to prove who did it.

Only the inventor(s) of an invention may lawfully apply to patent that particular invention. An inventor who publicly discloses his invention...

How do I receive royalties from my intellectual property?

Very likely not. Once publicly disclosed, sentences and phrases can most often be lawfully commercially used by others and to even brand that...

If the musical composition is protected by copyright then copying its sheet music is unlawful without a print license -- yes, even if the sheet...

I have a working prototype of a patentable idea. But my funds are limited to file a patent. My budget is $1500?

How on earth do you know your invention is "patentable"? Not even a patent attorney can assert that as fact after a patentability search. The vast...

Privacy event and register copyright

Federal copyright law does not grant the subject of a photograph the right to prevent the photographer from registering his or her copyright in the...

Massachusetts state law will determine whether you have a claim. So speak with a Massachusetts-licensed entertainment, privacy, or intellectual...