I want to make fifty shades of grey jewelry charm braclets and necklaces would that bea copyright infrigment

Fifty Shades of Gray is a book, a work of fiction. There is no such thing as "Fifty Shades of Gray jewelry." If you want to make and sell jewelry...

Should I copyright/trademark (etc..) my graph patterns?

You need to speak an intellectual property attorney licensed to practice in your state after you read How to Start a Business in Texas by the...

Where does copyright/trademark/License infringement come into play with patterns?

Read The Craft Artist's Legal Guide: Protect Your Work, Save On Taxes, Maximize Profits by Richard Stim [ http://goo.gl/jhpq5 ].

Public Domain Images & Illustrations (Prior to 1923) - Is this true & are there limitations?

Read The Public Domain: How to Find & Use Copyright-Free Writings, Music, Art & More by Stephen Fishman [ http://goo.gl/ccXaG ].

If I understand the facts you make a video of yourself playing a video game and intersperse your commentary about the game while playing. The...

Social networking sites question

Not as long as you follow those site's linking policies. For Twitter see...

If someone posts a photo of me online and is making money from it, is that illegal?

Assuming (1) the person or company posting the photograph resides in the United States, (2) you are the only person shown in the...

If a Ph.D. student creates software as a teaching assistant, and expands it as a research assistant, who owns the copyright?

The fact that you authored the software partly when a student and partly when on the payroll of the university complicates matters but does not...

I have been researching the First Sale Doctrine and Trademark infringement. I am wanting to make custom tailgate games.

You're making the issue more complicated than necessary. You build "games" for sale [I don't know what that means or what you're selling and don't...

The Department of Defense and each of the four armed services [the Air Force, Marine Corps, Department of the Army and Department of the Navy] each...