If a foreign work is in the public domain in the united states, but not in its country of origin, can it still be published?

Q: "If a foreign work is in the public domain in the united states, but not in its country of origin, can it still be published?" R: Sure, in...

Copyright Question

To recap: An English-language book is in the public domain domain only in the U.S. You translated the book into a foreign language and want to...

Would it be illegal to use a trademark as a tatoo?

You do not infringe a trademark by tattooing someone else's trademark on your body. Doing so is not a trademark use of the other person's mark and...

X has 1(b) approved for plural mark in class, Z then files 1(b) of singular mark in another class. Who prevails-1st to use?

Back up. The Trademark Office's classification scheme is merely a convenient way for the international community to categorize all the various...

I own a pet store named Sylmar Pets. I owned a website named www.SylmarPets.com. A web site squatter purchased it. Is this Legal

Wow. Even though the answers were not what you wanted to hear, I hope you appreciate that you just received thousands of dollars worth of legal...

A former work partner knowingly filed a false report with two online companies stating that I infringed on his US copyright.

The attorneys' fees provision of the Copyright Act states that “the court in its discretion may allow the recovery of full costs by or against any...

The songwriter, or his or her publishing company, owns the copyright in the “musical composition” of the song – that is, its words and...

Is a tongue-in-cheek bastardization of a trademark considered fair use?

Q: " ... does this constitute satirical use of the name and fair use? " R: Neither. As my colleagues note, "Pug90X" is a parody of "P90X." ...

Can I copyright all of my artwork on my site?

I don't know what you mean by "I have hundreds of pieces of art on my site." If you mean that you've published on your website hundreds of...

Do I need a copyright contract?

You need a contract between yourself [or, better yet, the company you should own to do business] and the contributors to the book. That...