I designed a logo back in 2004 for my clothing business and i am wondering if i need to copyright it since it is fairly simple.

First, three red horizontal bars is not the Chinese character for heaven. Second, copyright very, very likely does attach to three red...

If you and your brother plan on being employees of the company then, by operation of law, the company will automatically own the copyrights in all...

Is it legal to be put on a televised broadcast without consent

The responses you've already received are right on. The short answer is "it depends." If the show was a news report then the production...

Name infringement

I'm going to ignore the portion of your question where you ask whether a particular word is "a generic enough name." Assuming that the horse...

Assignment of Intellectual Property

You've already received very good information from Attorney Crossan. I write only to reiterate that it makes NO sense to enter into an agreement...

Had an idea ,they reall liked it now asking for £300 for global market research. what do i do

What do you do? You learn what it takes to transform your idea into a commercially viable product. And then, and only then, do you reach out to...

Can you use the words, "Empire State Building" in a commercial?

The phrase "Empire State Building" is a federally registered trademark, owned by the folks who [guess what] own the Empire State Building. Those...

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You can lawfully sell the shirts if the company that you buy them from has a license from the relevant sports league to sell the shirts. As...

What the cost to patent a product

You've already received some very good, useful information. I suggest that you also read the books Patent It Yourself by David Pressman [but do...

To follow-up on Ms. Koslyn's spot on response, you should affix the r in a circle trademark notice to each use of the branded product name in your...