Even if we assume you're a joint author of the painter, and therefore a joint owner of its copyright, that fact does not provide you with the right...

If a person buys a bootleg dvd at a fleamarket and reports it to the cops, can the buyer be held liable?

Can the buyer be held liable (for filing the police report)? No -- so long as the buyer's report to the police was accurate. Can the seller be...

House Proposal for 230 CDA Regulations to impact Section C by redefining "Interactive Computer Service" in Section F

I think your goal can be better reached by defining "good faith" in 230(c)(2)A) by excluding the interactive computer service conduct you (and many...

I have some sauces that I made up and I would like to know if I can trademark it?

As my colleagues note, the only realistic ways to protect a sauce recipe is to keep it a secret or to persuade whoever who knows it to agree in...

What you would prefer to be private and what the law deems private appears to be significantly different. When information about you is gathered...

A fundamental legal -- and perhaps moral -- principal is that everyone may freely and lawfully use, expand upon, and commercialize all...

General Advice on what Nintendo means by this section on their Website?

Query Google for [ copyright "fair use" ] and [ trademark "fair use" ] and learn about those exceptions to the exclusive rights Nintendo (and all...

What rights does an author have over content published by a third party?

There's at least three steps to work through to get to an answer to your question. 1. Do you own the copyright in the articles you wrote or does...

Chinese Vendor selling our design to other competitors in USA?

If the product being imported with the "same design" as yours is branded with your trademark and/or is protected by a copyright you own then you...

The right question is whether your expected benefit of publishing your work is greater than the risk of you being sued times your likely monetary...