We franchised our delis in philadelphila and new jersey

The very heart of a franchise agreement is a trademark license that permits the franchisee to use the franchisor's trademark [here, the trademark...

I would like to build a professional sports team logo out of wood to try to sell. Is this legal?

Q: "Is this legal?" R: Nope. You'd be selling a product that's branded with a logo trademark owned by the sports team -- a logo that is also...

A recipe that is merely a list of ingredients with simple instructions on how to combine those ingredients is not copyrightable and may lawfully be...

Can I use these quotes?

Your question has been posed innumerable times before. Prominently shown on the top of the Avvo homepage is a search box from where visitors can...

I’m Dave, a photographer. In '09 I did head shots of an educator who did speaking engagements. There was never a signed contract

Not too long ago courts would, after evaluating the situation, automatically enjoin [that is, stop] copyright infringers from continuing to...

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Since "excerpting" articales has recently been found fair use, could excerpting with an image also fall under that precedence?

Google does not, in the U.S. at least, buy licenses for all the photographs that it publishes via its news aggregator: http://news.google.com ...

How do i find out if a phone app doesn't already exist? What are patent prices for apps? Is it better to sell your patent?

You need to learn, a whole lot, about how to start and run a business. Start by reading a few of the books you can buy via the link below and then...

Can i get a public domain book, fix it up a bit (spell check, update terms, add pictures) , and sell it as an eBook?

Assuming a book is truly in the public domain [which means that it's not protected by copyright] then, yes, it's lawful to "update" the book and...

I think it very, very doubtful that your company may lawfully publish your competitor's logos in its advertising brochure. "Nominative fair use"...

Is it illegal to TRY to sell illegal software if you failed and did NOT know it was illegal?

When you purchased the Rosetta Stone product what you bought was NOT the physical CD's and associated documents -- what you bought was a license...