Your current state is Virginia
I was involved in a car accident the car was a total loss and I was wondering if I got position in the car or does the insurance company get possession of the car also does the insurance company have the right to pay the finance company while at the time of the accident the car was not registered... Read more »
An Arizona attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for two weeks, and you may be in a position where you need to remove the vehicle from storage. This appears to be something you might need to coordinate with the finance company if they hold a lien and possessory interest in the... Read more »
The Tv show Archive 81 made use of a black magic group called the circle that committed abduction and murder. In my own photography and short films I created the same type of group with the same name. Do I have any rights.
Probably not.
Consult with an attorney.
Putting together a slide presentation on common marketing tactics and wanted to use pet food bag images as examples. Wondering if this is legal or if I should block out the names of the pet food bags.
You should probably repost it under trademark or intellectual property.
Under the Fair Use doctrine you can use a trademark without permission if the use is for educational or informational purposes; so long as it is not used for commercial purposes.
My patent lawyer also did a search (we both did), and there was nothing similar in the patent library.
Just last week in Jan. 2022, a product entered the market very similar to mine, claiming to have a pending patent.
I'm not sure if my idea was stolen or if they also came up... Read more »
It depends. You need to have a deep conversation with your patent attorney.
IF the other guys filed before you, it is possible that they have an upper hand.
If you filed first, they would not have a way to know about your invention unless you made it public.
If you get the... Read more »
It's been year and hakf we been divorced
What do you mean you "didt (sic) do community property yet"; Florida isn't a community property state?
I like discovering strange vintage pieces and I don't necessarily want to make "replicas" as I do want to make some alterations to the antique designs/make them more modern/brand-able. I just want to make sure I'm not stepping on anyone's toes/ violating some... Read more »
Jewelry is copyrightable, but from your description its copyright has long since expired. See: https://guides.library.cornell.edu/copyright/publicdomain
Onlyfans.com is copyrighted and I feel like this falls in intellectual rights violation. My soon to be ex husband and his lawyers presented images of my content without knowledge or consent.
It is true that the photo/video content on the platform is the subject of copyright, and that the creators and the platform can assert their exclusive right to distribute the content. If one were to print the content and sell or redistribute it commercially, that would be an actionable... Read more »
I produced a film in Michigan in 2018 and now someone is attempting to make a documentary about the event without my permission. Do I have the legal protection to ask them to cease and desist? They are a resident of Ohio and are attempting to interview not only myself, but members of the cast and... Read more »
You would be wise to speak with an intellectual property attorney. If you are a producer of a commercial film, you may be considered a public figure, which affords you less privacy interest. Even if you are not a public figure, if the documentary is based on truth, I'm not sure what recourse... Read more »
As a very rough example, if the phrase "Tigers" is trademarked by/for Auburn University, I would assume one could not produce apparel in school colors with the phrase "Tigers". However, is the word "Tiger" used in that same way also covered? Or is the first case... Read more »
Trademarks are words, phrases and/or designs that are used to indicate the source of specific goods or services. The objective of trademark registration is to avoid the likelihood of confusion by purchasers as to the source. If a trademark is used and registered in the singular form, the plural is... Read more »
Any particular details I musn’t have in common - character relationship dynamics, certain specialties that make a show distinct (as far as I know, psychiatry makes Chicago Med somewhat distinct), following a seasonly promotion, etc?
Also, are there any other things to worry about legally... Read more »
You’ll probably want to make the medical scenes in your drama accurate but not so much because of a legal reason. Professional screenwriters often use medical consultants to provide realistic context to their stories for film and television.
Scripts also go through extensive clearance for... Read more »
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It depends. Very likely there is little you can do.
Consult with an attorney
I have characters with varying levels of similarity to other people. I’d like a rule/s to go by in case I make more, as well. I believe Tradmark and Copyright come into play, but there may be more.
It will be impossible to answer your question without specifics. In copyright, there would be two issues: 1) whether the character(s) you are copying are copyrightable (this will depend on how well delineated the character is and how central to the story they are) and 2) whether your characters... Read more »
Once I do this how do I take possession of the property after 6 months
The process to get possession is not as simple and quick as you like----however, if you are serious about this, I recommend that at a minimum, you consult with a property or real estate lawyer in your area--pay him for a consultation----and ask the questions you have and get the information you... Read more »
I don't know can they delete my account only because I use these 2 words
You can contest the ban, ask for explanation.
I am not familiar with the meaning, but if it is related to a registered brand you may have infringed on somebody's rights.
Consult with an attorney.
Or can an exact copy of the first book (same cover, design, formatting etc) be made and used commercially?
No element that is in the public domain is protected by copyright. Be aware, however, that the copyrights in different elements might have different owners and different durations.
Can I use the names of Disney characters in my book in order to illustrate the fact that characters are not randomly chosen? Basically, I want to illustrate through Maleficent, Sultan from Alladin, Merida from Brave that characters have some facial traits, and because of them they behave in the way... Read more »
Probably not.
You need to consult with an attorney.
I will depend on the names you use, how generic they are, if you are copying the character.
Best luck.
I've already seen some Rick and morty fan arts being soled on such platforms (opensea.io) but I wanted to make sure that it is actually legal. Plus I had a quick overview on the their trademarks on this website, and I found nothing to restrict selling jpeg files related to the series.
Most likely. You should consult with an attorney.
My question is whether this patent covers all heterodimeric immunoconjugates or immunocytokines as described in Claim 1. Specifically, cytokine could be any secreted growth factors that are not mentioned in the patent. Antigen binding moiety could mean any bivalent antibody although the patent... Read more »
You need to hire a patent attorney or expert in the field to do this analysis for you.
I am an up and coming musician. A company reached out giving me the opportunity to work on a song for them. Would signing the “Name and Likeness agreement” give them the rights to all of my music and branding or just for this one song?
Here is the excerpt I am concerned about: “... Read more »
You need to hire an attorney to review it and propose changes.
That would be a typical clause but needs to be limited to only the work you are doing.
I was at my fiance's grandmother's house who is storing some possessions of her son's. Her son gave her a Christmas tree, so we set it up for her. However, he had a top to another Christmas tree there that we thought belonged to the one he gave her . It didnt light up since it... Read more »
If the son gave her the tree, it is not his. So no, he couldn't recover for negligent damage to the tree.
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