when you are rear ended and another parties ins co pays they have a right to get the money or some of the money back (ie subrogate) from another entity

The question does not include the whole letter. Therefore, it is impossible to assess the situation. However, it appears that you might not have been sued yet. "What to do" is call an intellectual property lawyer who can seek to solve the problem. In many other cases, people unfamiliar... View More

These words could be registered as trademarks, but not for what each literally describes.

Your objective is understood. It can be achieved. However, it looks like you want to give up confidentiality on all information generated during the relationship. Perhaps you may wish to consult counsel as to whether any other unintended consequences could result from the arrangement you... View More

keep all your documentation with the seller who claims it is legit.

that is a substantial savings but most things are marked up double anyway and they may be trying to unload things at their cost.

save this inquiry and documentation from the seller in case there is an issue.

IF you are talking about a federal registration with the USPTO, then an indication of abandonment for failure to respond usually means that an office action was issued and not responded to during the time for response. An office action is correspondence from the PTO raising a problem of some sort... View More

If you choose the correct celebrity you can expect to be sued. California gives celebrities a "right of privacy." The law generally does not allow violation of rights just because the violator not want the "hassle" of obeying the rules.

You cannot make any unauthorized substantially similar or identical reproduction of a written work protected by copyright. This general prohibition is subject to certain statutory limitations, including, the so-called "fair use doctrine." The nature and purpose of your use of that... View More

You have not provided sufficient information which would permit an intelligent response.

Hi Joe,

It looks like your mark was cancelled because you failed to file a Declaration under section 8 in a timely manner. If you miss the filing dates and the mark is cancelled, the only way to reclaim federal trademark rights is to file a new application for registration.... View More

Many cases like this are not feasible. However, with more information, potential approaches could be evaluated. Many California attorneys, myself included, give free initial consultations.

Well you may not have issue of likelihood of confusion. But you may have issue that the mark is not a registerable term for the goods.

You probably can't charge users a monthly fee for using the app without the permission of the authors of the videos.

In general, you can either use the work under fair use or after requesting auhtorization from the authors. Given that you intend to make profit from the users, fair... View More

You need to ask this question of a New York lawyer, since you are in New York. Most California admitted attorneys are not licensed to practice law in New York and it would be improper of us to offer you legal advice in a location where we are not licensed to practice.

If you mean images published before 1923, most likely you may. However, the question does not show what you have or whether there are additional facts that may have seemed unimportant to you.

If you mean images of the things that existed before 1923, that is a different question and... View More

U.S. Copyright laws state that only the work’s “author” has the right to reproduce, distribute or make “derivative works” of the work. However, there are certain exceptions. Some of these exceptions are known as “fair use" which include parody and news reporting.

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To the extent that the question lays out facts, it appears that you created the images as part of your employment. There is a good chance that the employer owns the copyright in the images. You may wish to ask the employer if you can use the images along with an acknowledgement of the... View More

There are many legal issues: copyright, trade secrets, right of publicity, and contracts for openers. One very good tool is a consulting services agreement with each drum teacher. This will do a great deal to assure that you and the drum teacher both understand what rights you will and will not... View More

Just about the only reason it would not be considered copyright infringement is because it would appear to be trademark infringement. If there is a likelihood that you would create confusion as to the source of the goods, there is a likelihood that Samsung would be quite unhappy. It would not be... View More

**If you were to commission (pay) an artist to draw an imaginary character you made, who would hold the rights to it?

I assume the artist is not your employee in responding to this question. Absent an express written "work for hire" agreement, the artist would retain their... View More