turning over a house to son

want to turn over my house to my son. how do i do this and what type of lawyer do i need

Patent rights

I'm being asked to assign the rights to an invention to my employer for $1. The invention was made in the line of business. Do I have the right to ask for a more worthwhile sum? The market potential for the invention is upward of $60m a year.

My question on copyright law

Our group re-recorded a version of the Band's song (S). Mechanical royalties were paid to the Band's publisher upon the release of the song by our group. Our group's version of the S is different from the original to the extent that the original was recorded with the fiddle, and was mainly a ''country song.'' However, the re-recorded version was recorded with a heavy bass guitar, few notes, and melodies were changed/added by our group to make it confirm it to our style. Essentially, our group transformed the song from a ''country'' song to a ''rock'' song.

Our group was contacted by a Third Party (TP), who wished to use our group's version of the S for a project. TP discovered that our group did not have the authorization to make a ''derivative work'' of the S from the Band and did not pursue it further. However, TP did get someone else to record a version of the S which was remarkably similar to our group�s version of the S and used it for their project. There are sufficient similarities between the two versions (between our group's version and TP's version of the S) for it to be considered a copying. I want to know if our group has a claim against the TP for copying our groups� version of the S

NDA Breach and Injunctive Relief

Is it important to have specific language

in an NDA that says if a party breaches

the NDA that the other party is entitled

to injunctive relief and monetary

damages if appropriate? Sometimes

this is an emotionally charged provision.

Collaboration agreement dispute

I am an author who hired a writer in 2005 to write a book proposal. I wrote the sample chapters and she wrote the propsal. She was paid 5000 for the proposal in 2005.

In 2008, my fiance-in an effort to support the completion of my book-signed a collaboration agreement that she-the cowriter-wrote to pay her 50,000 to help me write the book. He then signed a business agreement with me that would give him a portion of any book advance I received should the proposal sell as well as royalties.

The fiance broke up with me and has refused to pay the money he promised to pay. The co writer after doing a minimal amount of work-one month- refused to perform

and is now demanding that I pay her the entire 50,000. Again she has done almost no work on the book and is refusing to collaborate.

The CA has an arbritration clause. THE CA is signed by my former fiance, the co writer and me. Can she force me to enter arbritration without equally forcing my ex to do so. All three parties are on the contract and the ex was always expected to pay. He offered, he put up the money. Now she is going after me alone.

invalidation of a patent

There is a patent on a compound the process for the formation of which is very much obvious to perform i.e. there is sufficient motivation present in the prior art to perform that process and obtain that compound. If the outcome of this process is unexpacted, can this process be invalidated on the basis of strong ground of obviousness.

copyright

how do you find out if there is a copyright on a picture? If the pictures are from the 1930's, 40's, 50's and 60's are they still protected? I don't know where to start. On creating my own design, how do I know if it is already taken? Am I notified?

IPR Copyright and Trademark

I'm confused, what's the differance between the three? Also, I want to do a copyright, it is for pillows. The pillows have old pictures of mexican calender girls. Is the trademark a name? is IPR involved?

Similar Names for two companies, same town

I registered a company with the name JungleFit, LLC in Florida. We conduct outdoor fitness camps for adults. There is a gym in the same town with the name Jungle Club Sports and Fitness Complex. They feel we stole their name and are infringing on their business.

summary judgment

Is all discovery required to stop while a motion for summary judgment is pending? What about during a motion for partial summary judgment?

Tradename Registration

How do you go about obtaining the exclusive use of a specific name on a national level?

Use of old images

I would like to use images from an old flower catalog dating 1898 for commercial purposes. The images will be used, in part, as nostalgic commemoration of the company which is no longer in business.

Does copyright law apply to images of this age? How can I verify if I can use these images for commercial purposes?

My pictures are used without consent.

Hello.

I have a public blog using Yahoo! Service. I posted several pictures of me on my blog. Now other people start using those picture without my consent, even local newspapers also used them. Those violation make my family really unhappy and I feel really bad.

Can I sue them? And what crime did they commit? Privacy violation?

Thank you very much.

Credit for Creative Work Product

I was (stupidly) helping a friend with the his upcoming cd. Originally I did a rebranding of the logo and band artwork but ultimately we could not agree on the direction of the cd cover. When I was pulled off the project I told him that he was not to use any of my creative product as our original agreement was an ''all or nothing'' rebranding.

During the creative process I also reworked the cd title and the version that I came up with was used on the final project.

IMHO the effort I put into rework the title deserve some acknowledgment. I don't want royalties simple a ''and'' credit.

Since we had been originally working on a ''for credit'' agreement am I out of line thinking he should have created me for the title or not have used it when he kicked me off the project?

Work derived from copyright

If someone illegally creates a derivative work from copyrighted material (in this case, a collage from several photos to which I own the copyright), does the copyright holder then automatically own the rights to those works as well? Am I protected in use of this derivative of my work, or is my only course of action to order the derivative not be used at all?

renting rights

I bought a trailer in a local trailer court and have lived there for two years. I have never had a problem, however, recently there was a new ''manager'' hired. This manager is writing ridiculous warnings to every tenant in the court. The warnings are usually to mow the yard within 24 hours or be charged $35 dollars. this aside, I have always kept my place up to standard and have no problem with them asking this. Yesterday I received a notice saying I had 1 week to attach SKIRTING to the perimeter of my 6'x4' front deck. I told the worker that that was ridiculous and that no one else had siding on their decks, 20 minutes later, the manager gave me a warning stating that I used profanity to his employee and if it happened again I would be evicted. I have a witness to the conversation, no profanity was used and I'm not too concerned about that. My question is when are the lines of harassment being crossed? I own the trailer. I bought it from the trailer court in question over two years ago. If the trailer has to have skirting around it, should they have sold it to me without it and never mentioned it for two years? They have told me they

Red Sox logo

Can you paint the Red Sox logo on items to sell without permission from the company?

Agent's Fee Termination On Renewed License

Parties entered into a written

agreement (agent and client) that

agent to receive 1% fee of licensed

property that agent brought to the

client. License term was for 3 years

and upon the end, client renewed

directly with the licensor and

unilaterally terminated the 1%

agent's fee asserting that the

''license term had expired.'' Nothing

in the agreement provided for

continuation of fees, however, the

agreement stated that any changes

to the agreement which provided the

1% license fee to the agent would

require to be in writing and signed

both parties. Further, there was

continued business use of the license

from the end of the license period (3

years) to when it was renewed by

the client. Does the agent have a

legal claim on the 1% fee on the

second license term? Did the client

have the right to unilaterally

terminate the 1% agent's fee when

the license was renewed using the

similar licensed properties?

Re: Trademark cease letter

I received a letter from a company saying that I am in violation of their trademark. My business is called Aliante Vision and their trademark is ''Aliante''. My business has existed for 2.5 years. I am on the north side of town and they are at least a good 30 min away from me on the southeast side. They say that they also provide medical services, but their name is by no means easily recognizable, even locally since this is the first time I've ever heard of them. Their actual business name is North Valley Enterprises, LLC which doesn't even contain the ''Aliante.'' I only used the name ''Aliante'' for local recognition and community ties since my office is located within a large master plan community called Aliante. There's all kind of businesses with ''Aliante''. There's Aliante Dental, Aliante Casino, Aliante Cleaners, etc. The community is so large that Aliante is synonymous with the name of a city, practically. Do I have anything to worry about? What should I do?

Thank you for any advice.

Version of a existing work

My client wants to creat a specific version of a board game already in existance. I believe that is qualifies as a derivative work and cannot be protected without permission from the original copyright holder. However, I remember some kind of exception. Something about IP being used to further inovation. If these versions have not been created as of yet, the company cannot just sit on its ideas??? Does this sound familiar?