Bridgeman Art Library, Ltd. v. Corel Corp. is still good law and holds, like the preceding case of Hearn v. Meyer, that "slavish copies" of public...

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I purchased hat with a toyota symbol on them. i want to put my company's logo on them and give to customers . is that legal .

To lawfully distribute the hats you must first remove the Toyota logo.

Can I use photograhs of musicians to draw a portrait & modify the image by adding my own art to the piece for tshirt sales?

You want to sell shirts that display images of famous musicians. But musicians make a good part of their income by selling merchandise such as...

I have a friend who is making novelty jewelry with old comic strip images as well as images of Elvis. Copyright infringment?

The strips and/or comic book characters are protected under copyright law and Elvis' name and persona are protected by his right of publicity. You...

For the most part, when you look at art on a website what you're looking at is a photograph, in digital form, of the art (the art being either a...

Do pattern companies have a right to say what I can do with an item that is made from the sewing patterns that I purchase?

You should read the responses to a very similar question that was posed previously. Go to < http://bit.ly/106OVV >.

There is no short answer to your question. There are about 250 top level domains (.com, .net, .biz, etc. and all the country-code specific...

Where can I find out if a famous person's name is trademarked? I would like to make some T-Shirts but do it legally

My colleagues are, as usual, quite correct -- you cannot lawfully offer to sell or sell the shirts w/o first getting licenses from the people whose...

Am I in breach of a confidentalality

I disagree with the bulk of my colleague's comments. In California, a person violates his or her duty to a former employer by using NOT ONLY...

What are the steps and options available when my company receives a "cease and desist" from another company?

I agree with M. Koslyn that you need to contact an intellectual property LITIGATOR with experience in patent infringement cases. It's a...