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Violation or no?
answered on Mar 26, 2020
You are asking if this could be a copyright violation? Whether or not the students have to log in probably has little to no significance. The school board should run this by an attorney who specializes in intellectual property.
I have other designs and I'm debating whether to seek copyright protection or a design patent.
answered on Dec 18, 2019
Yes, you should be able to seek legal action. Go see an intellectual property litigation attorney.
My husband and his brother worked independently for some time. His brother opened a company and my husband kept working with him, never did he sign a w2 or an employment contract. We decided to open our own business and when they asked for my husband to sign a w2, my husband told him he would not... View More 
answered on Nov 6, 2019
I don't think this is kind of help you can receive on a public forum. In order to do it right, more analysis is needed. You need an attorney to help you to prevent litigation with the right strategy.
Paper was hand written but still notarized. I had all of the money for the fees.
answered on Nov 4, 2019
Unless you are the owner--and can prove it--the tow yard will not release the car to you unless you have some other reliable documentation that they could use later if it turns out the owner did not authorize you to pick it up. Re-do the POA correctly.
Good day!
I'm working on coloring book for my neighborhood.
If I make a photo of public place and then make a coloring book by sketching the photos then which copyrights I should wary about?
Is it "transformative" art or not?
How I can check the... View More
answered on Oct 25, 2019
A building itself is not a copyrighted work. A picture or painting of a building is fixed in tangible form, and becomes copyrightable. There are possible trademark issue if a building is part of a mark (think statute of liberty and liberty mutual). The TM issue does not seem to apply to your book... View More
answered on Oct 23, 2019
I don't know which patents you are referring to, but my cursory search shows that there are about 5 patents that list Victor Staats as the inventor. 4 of these have expired due to their age, and 1 expired because a maintenance fee was not paid. There are no enforceable patents for Victor... View More
answered on Oct 16, 2019
You can trademark your copyrighted design by incorporating this design on goods and/ or services in interstate commerce. Whether you will be awarded a trademark depends on prior use of the same or similar mark. To determine the availability you need a full trademark search of all databases. If you... View More
If you break the terms of service of Apple or Google Play Store, and it specifically states in the terms of service,
"If you break any term of this agreement, your right under this license automatically terminates without notice to you",
does that mean that you can never... View More
answered on Oct 14, 2019
This is not a legal question. Moreover, while lawyers are very intelligent and highly trained professionals--we are not soothsayers; nor do we do crystal balls. Therefore, I am constrained by a fundamental law of the universe (no one can foretell the future) and unable to opine on your current... View More
Or is this a copyright violation?
answered on Oct 4, 2019
I assume there is no written agreement between the authors. The terms of the rights between authors would be implied from the circumstances. These matters are usually about how much risk, rather than absolute answers. The good news is that educational use (commercial; no royalties or license... View More
I have compiled the final statements of executed American prisoners from public prison records online. These statements were spoken by prisoners who are all now deceased, and now are recorded with the rest of the execution information. Is it possible that these are copyrighted in any way? Or can I... View More
answered on Sep 11, 2019
There is an inherent copyright owned by the creator, and his/her estate has rights over it.
Check if there was any release signed by them. If there is any specific waiver by the fact they were prisoners. Maybe the prison system has some rights in the copyrights.
Your best bet would... View More
My daughter's original intellectual property (a drawing) was incorporated with the brand of a large organization and applied to a Christmas ornament that can be purchased with $25 'donation' in 2009.
The drawing was presented in partnership with organization, their capitol... View More
I borrowed a friend vehicle to go to the laundry mat, I got pulled over and ticketed for the tag on it not belonging to the vehicle, now I have court over ticket. It had a tag on the vehicle but it didn't belong on that vehicle
answered on Aug 7, 2019
You are still going to be charged with driving a vehicle without a tag. You can explain that in court and the owner could be cited for that for lending the car to you.
answered on Jul 13, 2019
If you are making something that has been around 20+ years, then you very likely will not infringe any patents. After all, that is the idea behind patents: after a patent expires (currently 20 years from the filing date of the patent application), then anyone can use whatever is disclosed in the... View More
Available as in able to be taken and used on my own product, especially on product in an entirely different field of use?
answered on May 24, 2019
A Section 8 Cancellation of a trademark registration occurs when a registrant fails to file a renewal of their trademark registration. However, whether a mark is available for use depends on many factors including whether the mark is currently being used. Cancellation of a trademark registration... View More
i am not selling them or charging to watch them they are fro personal use and for friends and family to watch
answered on May 22, 2019
If you downloaded content illegally (i.e. you did not pay for content that should have been paid for), then it is not legal for any use whatsoever. By Law you are supposed to delete the file and any copies you may have made immediately.
The Copyright is listed as, ( safetytechnologypartners.com 2006 on the "wayback machine "
answered on Apr 8, 2019
I suggest you schedule a consultation via phone to understand better your needs.
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for Example . Plant grow tent. If I took the basics of the tent , such as the building part of it and how it’s put together . However I changed the material used and actually used it for something totally different would I be able to patent that or stop other companies from selling the same thing ?
answered on Feb 28, 2019
Your short question includes many key questions of patent law.
1) You do not infringe a patent. You infringe one or more specific independent claims (ones that start with no reference to another claim) and possibly some dependent claims (a claim that adds additional limitations to at least... View More
I have the numbers for the trademark from the Justia site.
answered on Feb 21, 2019
It doesn't work that way. If a trademark is dead or abandoned, you must go through the process re-registering the mark by filing a registration application with the USPTO
Game camera was in the woods on private property
Real estate agent is now using my pictures to sell the property next to me and I don't know how they got them
answered on Feb 13, 2019
Ask him to stop doing that.
If he is using a platform to publish the photos they may be willing to take them down.
To get a court to do something you will need to prove that the photos were taken by you or your camera.
If the photos are not of your property and he is getting... View More
answered on Jan 25, 2019
You should discuss with a trademark attorney. A trademark attorney will, as the first step of the service provided, conduct a thorough search of the Federal trademark register, state registers, domain names in use, and other common law usages of the term to find out if anyone is already using that... View More
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