Can a company have an employee purchase trade name rights of another company, to try to get monies/stop operations?

The only way to "purchase the trade name rights" of a company is to buy the trade name from a company that is already using the name. Trade names...

Bearshare is a peer to peer file sharing service that allows users to both lawfully and UNLAWFULLY download music files. The way to think...

In general on a floor plan all rooms are rectangular and bathrooms are placed near bedrooms. Dining rooms, breakfast nooks,

Read the following cases which explain quite well the copyrightability of floor plans for homes [ http://goo.gl/MUDZ1 and http://goo.gl/K8CSZ at...

You need to be a little more specific. IF the sewing pattern is a one that results in the creation of a thing that is copyrightable or...

Is it possible to pursue copyright infringement on behalf of the copyright holder?

I'm not at all sure that what you own is a "license." Calling it so doesn't make it so [though that is one helpful factor when figuring out what...

Most states have laws on their books that flesh out the definition of "work product" in the employer-employee context. The state's courts, via...

Giving license on our products

You have a boatload of significant legal issues wrapped up in this deal. First and foremost -- you should NOT sign the agreement w/o first...

Is there any law saying If I film a crime That i must give the tape to the police instead of selling it to the news?

Q: "... was I under any LEGAL obligation to turn it over" R: Only a judge can compel a person to produce evidence. Anyone [a friend, a...

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Q: For the sake of argument assume it's as simple as "How bout them apples!" R: BEFORE you adopt any phrase as a trademark you're obligated to...

Can a public domain phrase that has been used under copyright be used without permission of the modern user?

Copyright does not attach to the phrase [not only because it's old but because phrases are not copyrightable]. You have no copyright...