No that would be copyright infringement. You’ll need the artists permission first — make sure you get it in writing as well.

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answered on Nov 27, 2019

If the owner is willing to sell the Trademark, you can do so, but to insure everything is done correctly, then you must retain an experienced IP attorney.

Sounds like you've got a collections matter on your hands, with claims for breach of contract, and also copyright infringement. In most cases, a legal demand letter does the trick. If it doesn't you either have to let it go, or file a lawsuit (either in small claims or civil court). I... View More

You are talking about a derivative work. There is a chance, but it is a tricky area. Here is a helpful resource: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf

If you can prove that the picture they used is actually yours, and that you never granted any license, then you may have rights. However, issues to consider are what terms you agreed to (hidden in the fine print) when you purchased your ticket -- often times, a venue will try to establish... View More

Maybe either you have to check yourself or hire a lawyer to do it for you. Using someone elses copyright can lead to a lawsuit and severe monetary penalties.

Most likely you are both liable. Although, you may also have a claim against your client to reimburse you for your liability to owner of the photograph. An intellectual property attorney would need to review all the facts to know for sure.

More information is needed to answer your question, when you say no one has done anything, who is no one (police, school parents etc) , where is it posted, what if any body parts were showing, these are all questions which are important to understand why nothing happened. Lastly sometimes if the... View More

Anyone can sue you, the question is can they win. In this case many pieces of information would need to be determined to tell if you would win or lose, including but not limited to when you started to use the name, when they started, date of trademark, was the name used continuously etc, etc. Get... View More

They would need a warrant in most cases.

If they have a registered trademark in the US on the acronym for the band, selling t-shirts with that TM would be infringement. You should ask for a license since you indicate they do not sell merchandise. Whether a "reseller" or with a website disclaimer, the business you describe would... View More

Violation of copyright law does not happen in a vacuum. If you're concerned that you'll violated copyright law by uploading video taken by your business partner, the simple fix is to ask your business partner for (written) permission to do this. Someone has to enforce their interest in... View More

I will not speak to patent protection, as that's outside of my practice area. Copyright law will protect the expression of your ideas or rules, that is, the creative organization of words used to write the rules, but not the underlying ideas or rules themselves. Trademark law will protect... View More

Google "cancer ribbon trademark suit Komen." Copyright law isn't really your concern here, trademark infringement is. The Komen Foundation has previously sued other nonprofits for trademark infringement regarding their pink cancer ribbon.

Federal copyright law preempts all state copyright law (so long as the state law protects rights equivalent to the exclusive rights protected by federal copyright law). That means if there is a federal copyright law applicable to a given situation, it doesn't matter if there is also a state... View More

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answered on Jan 7, 2017

Your past can have an adverse effect on the possibility of becoming a citizen. There are 3 main consequences of drug convictions for non-citizens, which include, deportation, denial of admissibility into the United States, and denial of citizenship. Drug related crimes are considered crimes of... View More

Dear fellow New Jersian --

Under the US laws, there are 4 broad types of work protection:

(1) PATENTS, that protect inventions (new things, new way of doing things);

(2) TRADEMARKS, that protect names and symbols;

(3) COPYRIGHT, that protects an expression; and... View More

Probably.

Check your local laws to see if they prohibit the state or the local government from holding copyrights. The Federal Government cannot get a copyright in its work, but this does not apply to state or local governments and the Federal Government can own copyrights that are assigned to it.