Attorney Cartee is spot on. Selling clothes that fit a particular branded doll is unquestionably lawful [even if the doll maker also sells such...

Can I make a website called "www.nbaquotes.com"?

The problem with nbaquotes.com is that you're not quoting the NBA -- you are quoting players who play in the NBA. IF you were quoting only NBA...

Art awarded in divorce settlement considered secondary market art? ( like inheritance, I suppose )

The area of law that will answer your question is NEITHER intellectual property law nor family law. Intellectual property law has nothing to...

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Is Intellectual Property awarded in divorce sold as secondary market and does resale royalty apply if sold in California?

By definition, a consignment is not a sale: it's a contractual arrangement for services. So the transfer of the physical copies of the paintings...

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Is it legal to download youtube videos?

For copyright purposes, the fact that YouTube publishes a particular video is irrelevant. The OWNER OF THE COPYRIGHT is the one who decides what...

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I bought an illustrator's paintings for a never published children's book. can i publish it as en ebook without her consent?

Q: "I bought an illustrator's paintings ... ." "I bought first sale copyright, then the property would revert to her." R: Whaa? The...

A big company is using a trademark (unregistered) so they're operating under common law rights. They had tried to file federally

Trademarks are NOT registered. What may be registered are THE RIGHTS created in the mark by the use of the mark in commerce. No use, no rights to...

Some copying is fine. Even attorneys who routinely write TOS agreements do not start from scratch every time. How much copying, and of what, is...

Is it fraud if a business states to local authorities primary/principal business is not what is on US Reg. Service/Trademark

First, what is an "SOB" and why are you so cryptic? Second, what concern is it of yours what this company does? Third, registering a...

Coffee cups drumming band - intellectual property

Responding to your follow-on comments: Q: "What would be the ways of protecting what you have called at the end, 'the concept itself'"? R: ...