Your first mistake was in relying on a "verbal agreement." Verbal agreements are nearly impossible to prove. I have not seen the agreement proposed by the ranch owner, but you should have a short, professional agreement in your file, containing various releases. I handled many cases... View More

Well, you are going to have to talk to a California employment attorney to get the best answer. I am not a California attorney, nor an employment attorney, but here are a few points.

(1) You are correct that the trademarks, logos, brand names, sales copies, and like, are likely not... View More

If you're looking for input from a trademark attorney, the question might be more likely to be picked up by posting it in the Trademark section.

I don’t think that this will be possible. You could copy older versions of the Bible (e.g., KJV, RV, ASV), but I suspect that your students already have those. Copying a concordance indexed to one of these Bibles may possibly be OK as well, but not anything more.

Your choices are... View More

If you see somebody launch an e-commerce service, and you say, hey, that's a great idea, I'll think that I'll launch a competing e-commerce, then you are correct to worry about intellectual property.

If you write a code that solves a technical problem in a different way, and... View More

Custom zippers can be patented as far as religious symbols it depends on a few factors.

It depends if the party in whom has a domain for it has trademarked a name similar or the exact same.

The owners of the legal rights of those games would probably not take kindly to you infringing on those rights and profiting from it. Their rights are enforceable internationally. Your best bet is to reach out to the owners and ask for permission to do this.

call the police.

my first trial 40 years ago was a dognapping. i have never heard of one since but the thief should be caught and prosecuted.

Those are both examples of general statements that are not unique to those characters or to the work in question. Now if your characters had similar names to the other characters or other similarities then there might be copyright infringement.

Yes, here is a helpful resource that addresses your question:

https://www.thelaw.com/law/are-song-titles-lyrics-protected-by-copyright-or-trademark-law.317/

As far as who to ask for a license to the rights, it would be the music publisher of the song.

It all depends on the circumstances of the sale in which you received the print. If it was from the photographer or a legitimate reseller, then you may be able to re-sell it. This is because of the first sale doctrine.

Typically, the first sale doctrine will come into play in these types... View More

There are only two in the Google Patent system for that name but sometimes folks use a formal legal name when filing legal documents.

Here is a link to the two that show up as Jack

https://patents.google.com/?inventor=jack+g+ohringer&oq=jack+g+ohringer+

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None. A trademark is merely an indicator of source, and not an assumption of any underlying intellectual property. So to use Creepy Crawlers as an example, you'd have to demonstrate that you are using the goods in commerce in order to even be able to register the TM.

Learn all about it: https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks-getting-started/trademark-basics

While verbal contracts are enforceable in California, they are difficult to prove unless you have evidence supporting the terms (i..e texts, emails, other writings showing specifically what you are now claiming as damages). With that said, Copyright infringement is presumed if you are the... View More

If you create the design and reduce it to a perceptible image, such as drawing it on a piece of paper, then you would own the copyright.

This should absolutely be written into a contract so the scope of use is clearly defined and to ensure there are no misunderstandings. I prepare these types of licenses all the time and can help if you need. Email me at: jason@altviewlawgroup.com

There will no problem in you leaving the United States, but since you are returning to the country from which you claimed you would be persecuted, it is unlikely that you will ever be permitted to return to the US.

Your question is too broad -- The answer depends on how you intend to use the quote. It's important to understand the basic premise that a trademark is "a word, name, symbol or device which is used in trade with goods or services to indicate the source of the goods or services and to... View More