If a trademark is dead, is it safe to use that name or a name similar?

The only note to add to my colleague's responses is that it is quite rare for a company of any appreciable size still doing business to "abandon" a...

I recieved my legal zoom trademark search back. We are trying to find out if our name is trademarkable.

No one will, or can ethically, provide you with a trademark clearance opinion via this or any public forum. I like the fact that you're trying to...

For the most part, North Carolina's business law controls. I'm not licensed in North Carolina. The following is how the issue would be evaluated...

Hi, I did a free painting at an even for a company, so they can have on display at their factory. Do they own the rights?

My colleagues both bring up highly relevant points for your own copyright attorney to consider. I'll add a third: Because you created the painting...

Under trademark law, I understand that to help keep a trademark from going generic it is wise to sponsor an alternative name.

You're confusing two concepts. For trademark law purposes, a word or phrase is "generic" when it names the good or service being sold. "Apple"...

My band recently recorded an an album.We have not released it yet and have fired the guitarist for conduct detrimental to the ba

Q: "How can we release this record?" R: You can't. Like my colleague, I have no idea why you think the fired band member owns the...

INFRINGEMENT ABROAD THROUGH THE INTERNET COURTS CONFLICT OVER PERSONAL JURISDICTIONS

You quite clearly need to sit down with a copyright attorney to discuss your potential infringement claim. For fun, you can read some of the case...

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If i buy a finished product and put it with my own product to sell is there and liabilitty for getting sued

Q: "... can i put it with a bread board for dipping sauce without having to have permission ...?" R: Likely not. While it's lawful to resell a...

My question is related to Trademark a name which includes a word, but it is not incorportated in the same way.

Q: "Can I continue using this name and website, since I invested money and time and the website has been advertised and promoted under that...

Do I owe my co-author a %?

My colleagues are certainly correct: You may lawfully create and sell an audiobook version of the book that the two of you wrote but, absent an...