Your goal is not to own a nifty patent or trademark certificate. Your goal is to make money selling your apron. Visit <...

Am I Committing Trademark Infringement?

Too close. Pick five new business names, prioritize them, hire a trademark attorney to clear the rights and to explain to you how to use your...

Legal or not, I think it unlikely that the movie studio will sit idly by while you advertise your sweater using the line "As seen in [movie...

The workout routine is a copyrighted audiovisual work that's embodied in the digital video discs. You own the physical copies of the dvds while...

Ask the property owner. Discuss with him or her the content of what it is that you want to create. If permission is granted, check with the local...

I want to combine 2 common food items to create a new one. For example only, I want to package "alnuts" with candy corn.

If I "take" your idea, does that mean you no longer have it? Of course not. Ideas are "non-rivalous" -- that is, they have no fixed physical...

Business question

The short answer. as Lance notes, is yes. I write to mention the difference between trade names (the name of a company) and trademarks (the...

Can i be held liable for my roommates downloading copyrighted material on my internet connection?

Yes. The RIAA continues to file NEW suits even after its announcement that it had stopped suing individuals. It's the RIAA's position --...

How do i get a "copy right"

As Ms. Koslyn notes, once you write a poem you automatically own the copyright that attaches to the poem. You don't have to do anything. If...

I want to prohibit Food Industry Giant from packaging and copying idea. Combining candy corn w/ "walnuts". Trademark?

Neither you, nor anyone else, has the exclusive right to sell candy corn combined with "walnuts" (or anything else). The only intellectual...