Looking to create education eBooks and videos on how to use social media sites for small businesses

Let's assume that Facebook, for example, put a provision in its Terms of Service Agreement that stated: "Users and Visitors of this Site shall not...

Your attack on Attorney Marcus is baseless and self-destructive. He correctly informed you that only someone schooled in intellectual property...

A character in my novel wants to remake a movie and mentions a known movie title. Does this commit any copyright violations?

Mentioning the name of a movie in a book does NOT violate the copyright in the movie or any work of authorship associated with the movie.

Do I own rights to university fight song?

As my colleagues note, you're quite likely not entitled to any royalties from the University. But from others, maybe. You should speak with your...

I am starting a website called thevwexperts.com to answer specific Volkswagen questions. Can I used "vw" in my domain name?

Your registration, and certainly your use, of thevwexperts.com domain name will most certainly get Volkswagen’s attention. That company...

Provisional US patent application - are there any other forms to file with it for protection abroad?

Attorney Elman and I see this issue differently. To begin with, no other country in the world affords legal meaning to a U.S.-filed provisional...

Does sale of excess inventory or used items by a 3rd party continue common law TM rights of the mark of a discontinued product?

For trademark rights to accrue to the benefit of the mark owner the mark must be used in commerce by the mark owner or one or more of its...

Q: "what can I do?" R: Buy the car at the other dealership. And then move on to life events that matter. Our legal system is not designed to...

Using abandoned trademark before registration is finalized.

An infringement analysis is always required to answer the question "Can I lawfully use Mark X?" The factual context in which you present that...

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I have compiled a book of quotations from other books. Some quotations are only a sentence, others are paragraphs. Legality?

I view your legal issues a bit differently than my colleagues. Assuming that what you want to re-publish are short quotes, I think it highly...