Intellectual property Lawyer
Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Trademark Infringement ... +3 more
I think both of my colleagues are right: Alan is right when he answers your question directly by stating that a photographer CAN take a picture of...
I suggest that you study the following cases: http://j.mp/5n6rAU and http://j.mp/7cSd9H They both provide a good explanation of the law that...
For us simple folk, "graphic novel" sounds a bit pretentious so we use "picture book" or "comic book" instead. You want to know how often and...
I think, as Pam notes, the controlling facts [which you don't provide] are whether you knew the photo was being taken and the purpose for which it...
Based ONLY on the facts that you've provided, I don't see any wrongful conduct on your part. Assuming that you've lawfully purchased the...
Only ideas that have been "reduced to practice" qualify for patent protection. This can be done in two ways by (essentially) -- either...
Parody is not really a "defense" to a trademark infringement claim but rather one of the factors used to evaluate whether the use of the word,...
The process of branding a business, and then legally protecting the result, is not a do-it-yourself exercise. Many small businesses try --- often...
Based on your additional information it sounds like the claim against you is that you've engaged in copyright infringement. There's no...
It sounds like you've been selling shirts displaying a design that someone else uses as a trademark (the design, as you note, also being protected...
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