Think about registering your copyright on the curriculum with the Copyright Office. It provides a number of benefits:

* Statutory damages if your work is infringed

* Presumption of valid ownership.

* Import protection

* Creates a searchable public record (for others... View More

I would suggest that the question is not so much whether publishing and selling the NFTs is "legal," but whether Nike can and would assert their legal rights (trademark and copyright rights) against you for doing so. The answer is probably "yes" to both.

You may be able to obtain a federal trademark for your business name in connection with the goods or services you offer. To do so, you will file an application with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, describing the mark and the class(es) of goods and services the mark will relate to.... View More

There's a lot that needs to be unpacked here. What do you mean by "theft"? What do you mean by "template"? What do you mean by "framework"?

If you mean a simple document template (in Microsoft Word, for example), its literal expression may be... View More

You might want to consider: "MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE

Goods and Services IC 041. US 100 101 107. G & S: [ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES IN THE NATURE OF LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES; ] PROVIDING A WEBSITE FEATURING INFORMATION REGARDING [ LIVE PERFORMANCES AND ] MUSIC,... View More

Why do you believe you need a license? Who do you think owns the Rosary? According to Wikipedia, it dates back to 1214, from an apparition given to a saint. No one owns, or could own, the decade, or the sequence of five of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary#History

Now, if there... View More

The copyright law carves out a specific exception to copyright infringement for this kind of use in Section 110 of Title 17 of the US Code. See https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/110.

However, as with so many other issues, you would be wise to consult an attorney on the specifics... View More

Your question packs in 3 issues: 1) use of words verbatim; 2) use of the title; and 3) whether the copyright is still in effect, or whether the work has passed into the public domain.

Start with #3. If the work has passed into the public domain, you are free to use any or all of it.... View More

You've spotted the most expeditious route: file with WIPO for each of the countries in which you'd like your trademark rights to apply (you'll check which ones you want). For purposes of the WIPO filing, the European Union is treated as one country. However, the application will be... View More

This question is a very specific one, and will turn on the specifics of who is reporting what to whom, and what their and your designs are. Maybe Etsy has a simple process? Otherwise, I'd suggest that this can only be properly answered by an attorney in dialog with you, and not through a web form.

There's a lot to sort out here. First, if you paid for a logo, I'm not sure why you're obligated to the vendor to copyright it (meaning: register it with the copyright office - see below). A more fitting form of legal protection is probably trademark, which is very different from... View More

Hello,

Just to answer the narrow question, whether the "-" makes a difference, I'd say: probably not. A federal trademark will generally cover minor (and sometimes significant) variations in spelling.

On the larger question whether you should use it, I'd say... View More

You are correct to be wary. I'm sure the trademark lawyers at Marvel are alert to any and all uses of their trademarks. It's not so much a "fine" that you would pay, as much as it might be money damages and an injunction against using the marks on your non-fungible and... View More

The lawyer has 3 years from what he or she alleges is the "last act" of infringement to bring suit. If you are still infringing as of today, the lawyer has 3 years from today to bring the suit.

It is possible to unintentionally infringe another's work, so you are correct to be wary. However, copyright protects "original works of authorship." If a design is so basic and so elemental as to be of 'de minimus' originality, copyright protection may not even extend to... View More

If the previous owner is not still using the mark (a mark does not have to be federally registered to stop your registration), or if the trademark was not abandoned due to opposition by a 3rd party (who may turn around and oppose your use), or if no one is currently trying to register the mark (the... View More

Agree with Attorney Walter - buy the book. This is for the publishers to worry about, if there's any worry at all.

The good news: there is no publication / advertising requirement for Pennsylvania LLCs. There's also no need to change the LLC structure in order to pay yourself when the business profits (or even before it does). We can take up the general business counseling in an out-of-band... View More

By "publish," do you mean digitize and upload? Without knowing more, I believe the answer is pretty clearly NO.

Section 114 of the Copyright Act speaks directly to "sound recording" rights in, for example, your old LPs. That right belongs to the copyright owner.... View More

It's not clear from your description what the superimposed images are a parody of. A parody is a "humorously exaggerated imitation" that borrows from a copyrighted work in order to make fun of it. So, it's very difficult to even comment (let alone give advice) without more... View More