Can I file a patent infringement case for my 60 year old mom?

Q: "Can I file a patent infringement case for my 60 year old mom?" R: No. The rule is that the patent owner must be a plaintiff in the...

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As my colleague notes, Dynamo D is patentable subject matter -- which means that it qualifies for patent protection and may be awarded one IF it is...

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Tring to get a book published

There are innumerable sources of information readily available that explain how to persuade a publisher to publish a book and how to self-publish a...

Ok to use team names, player names, movie titles, characters, Musician names, product names, song titles in a game?

If all your game shows is various team and player names on a screen then that's lawful ... so long as you show during the course of the game many...

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Is it ok to repackage a product and sell it to a market it wasn't intended for?

Q: "What do I need to do to make sure I'm not doing anything illegal here?" R: You can not put your plan into action. What you're planning to...

Is there any trouble if I use a word that first created in a movie for my business?

The fact that the made-up word "Tsahaylu" was created by someone else does not preclude you, or anyone, from adopting that word as a company or...

Links to copyright content- legal or not in CA/USA?

Publishing a link to material that you know infringes a copyright is unlawful. Even if someone else publishes the same link. No, there is no...

I agree with my colleagues that a model has a common law and statutory "right of publicity" that MAY permit the model to prevent photographs of him...

Is it legal in the First Doctrine Sale to resell a pdf file ebook?

I disagree with my colleague. Most, if not all, of the major ebook publishers do NOT sell their ebooks to the public. The transaction confers a...

Can they sued the exactly same cases in different states? How many times can they do it?

Q: "How many time they can file the same cases in different states?" R: Likely as many times as is necessary to get the alleged bad guy [you]...