The federal district judge took over a year to write a disposition on his MSJ ruling. Is this grounds to overturn his ruling?

Q: "A federal district judge was, by law, supposed to file his written dispostion on a copyright claim within 3 months." R: I do not believe...

What do I do with digital backups of cassettes when I sell original cassette?

You may lawfully convert the music on a cassette into digital song files on your computer. You may lawfully sell the cassette containing those...

I am a trademark attorney who has recently started my own firm. If a client has a trademark filed under another attorney in the

See TMEP 606 at http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/tmep/0600.htm#_T606 FYI -- ALL trademark practitioners should subscribe to Carl Oppendahl's...

If an artist draws a sketch of a copyrighted photograph owned by someone else and sells the drawing, can he be sued

Yes. The drawing is a "derivative work" that is based on, and owes its existence to, the underlying photograph. Only the owner of the copyright...

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Hi, Does a Joint owner of a US Trademark have to share and/or report profits to the other owner of a trademark?

The answer does not come from trademark law but rather (1) the bodies of law that control how the business that uses the trademark operates and (2)...

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Digital licensing information. I am looking to license a book I wrote to the local library what should I charge ?

Public libraries do not pay license fees to anyone to make books, either in hardcopy or digital form, available for lending. They have no need to...

Can a company that you work for record your every move without posting a warning

Yes.

Old patent - 1907. can this be revived - it was my great grandfather's. thx

No. A patent is a government conferred time-limited right to prevent others from making, using, selling and importing the invention claimed in the...

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Q: "Can a sole-source company refuse to sell replacement parts for [its] instrument ... " R: Antitrust is the type of law that applies. The...