It is not legal for you to post a text book on your website for other students to use without the permission of the copyright holder (which may be...

URGENT: After receiving a letter of copyright infringment in the mail, what should my next step be?

I agree with my colleagues, but I'll add a warning. What you really want is to be released from liability for the downloaded video. Even if you...

I am in charge of a reenactment group. Do I need to copy right our group name and logo to keep others from using it?

I agree with my colleagues that trademark would be the way to go for both the group name and the logo. The one thing that you will find with...

Attorney Harrison mentions a point that would be the most useful in your situation, the "fair use" defense. In addition to the parody part of...

First off, I highly recommend meeting with an intellectual property attorney prior to publishing your work to make sure that your final work does...

If trademark is name of company and has career development as services, can I do consulting and training as a company as well?

You are able to use the trademark for all of the services that you are currently providing, assuming that no other company has registered the same...

Where do I need to start to get an idea patented?

I'll start off by saying you should meet with a patent attorney or patent agent to discuss your idea. Following is more discussion that the patent...

I have a tradename issue. Name was registered with state/county in 2008. New company registers US patent in '11. Who wins?

First thing, a name of a restaurant is not patentable. Most likely you mean that they obtained a design patent for the "style" of their restaurant...

Possibly. If the coach was an employee at your strength coaching company and the videos he made were within his scope of employment then the work...

The answer is it depends, but probably not. The names themselves are not copyrightable, but the characteristics that an author provides a...