HO'OPONOPONO is a Hawaiian exercise for reconciliation and forgiveness. The current trademark registration 5716359 is for bracelets in International Class 014, which includes precious metals, jewelry, and watches. Use of the mark for acrylic paintings would not infringe this registration.... View More

To the extent you have copied a bit of musical content from the game, it is minimal and your use is transformative therefore not an actionable infringement. If the remainder of your work is original, then you do not need to seek permission.

This raises both copyright and trademark issues, but both bend in your favor.

The copyrights in the commercial depictions of the characters are owned by the producers, but allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship,... View More

This product is likely to be found infringing of Marvel's copyrights as well as trademarks. The characters are all protected by copyright, and most of them are trademarks as well. Compiling several of them adds fuel to the fire and shows predatory intent which could subject you to punitive damages.

When registering the copyright in a work, you submit a deposit copy of the work which is the "best edition", so that would be the final edit.

There is currently no registration or application to register ARKA for apparel (International Class 025).

There are registrations for ARKA as used for candles, trucking, bicycle training wheels, processed seafood, and aerospace optical systems; and applications to register ARKA for beer,... View More

The surname MAGGI is an international brand of seasonings, soups and noodles, arguably a famous registered trademark now owned by Nestle, which is known for aggressively protecting its exclusive properties. Use of MAGGI in the field of food products or restaurants would most likely be challenged as... View More

The trademark to which you refer is a design, described in the registration as "a quatrefoil design with an outer edge that is beaded and an inner portion that is flat. The design also has four larger beads positioned at central points within it."

Apparently you used a design that... View More

If a trademark has been registered with the US Patent & Trademark Office, the owner may sue in federal court to enforce his exclusive rights. Trademark may also be registered at the state level to obtain exclusive rights in that state. The rights to use unregistered trademarks may be the... View More

"Trademark" is a noun, not a verb. Trademarks may be REGISTERED (a verb).

Only a USER of a trademark may register it. The application to register a trademark requires submission of a specimen (proof) showing active use of the mark in commerce. The application may be granted only... View More

There are pending applications to register SPACEBOY as a trademark for comic books, online videos, and for a band.

Trademarks are registered for use on specific goods or services. For example, the character DAFFY DUCK is registered in International Class 16 for "printed matter ... namely, comic books", and also for toys in International Class 28. The application to register the mark must be... View More

ROWDY MERMAID has been registered for beverages, but not for retail services.

You can use your own trademark on anything you want, but you should be consistent in its appearance to avoid "blurring" of its authenticity.

While it is true that WHEEL OF FORTUNE is a registered trademark for games, the proposed use of THE WHEEL OF RETIREMENT FORTUNE for a non-fiction book on a financial subject would not be infringing or likely to be confused with the games.

The application to register ARTISTIC ARTICULATION LLC was approved for registration in Jan 2019, but due to the failure to file a statement showing its use within the required 6 month period, it was abandoned in Sept 2019. It could have been revived by filing a petition to revive, had that been... View More

Copyright in works generated with AI, and use of copyrighted materials in AI training are hot topics lately. The US Copyright Office has issued guidance on the subject which can be found here:

https://www.copyright.gov/ai/

The important legal point is that copyright registration... View More

Yes, it is fair use for the purpose of review & educational purposes.

You should obtain "work for hire" agreements from all coders of the software, and it is prudent also to have non-disclosure agreements acknowledging their work as trade secrets.

Form CO is used to register the copyright in both the source and object code when completed, and to... View More

Your comments and summary text would be original works for purpose of copyright, and your selection and aggregation of the newsletters would be fair use. It would be wise to include a fair use disclaimer:

"This [site/newsletter] contains copyrighted material the use of which has not... View More