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How can I start a business online with 50 people from around the world?
Asked on Feb. 17, 2018 ,  1 Answers

Live in Toronto, Canada. Founded an independent video game studio communicating online and file-sharing. Many are in USA, but people help from countries all over Earth. "Staff" information is together, but I wonder what is possible in terms of a company. We create intellectual property and need non-...

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How can I get another attorney due to attorney hired not responding and judge is demanding attorney and won't assign PD
Asked in Monee,  IL Feb. 13, 2018 ,  2 Answers

I hired an attorney for a DUI case, i was making monthly payments and he always showed up for court. I made final payment in December, attorney did not show up for january or feburary court date. on february court date asked judge for public defender judge says he can not assign public defender unle...

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My eBay listing keeps getting removed because my "listing used their copyrighted image without permission."
Asked in Youngstown,  OH Oct. 04, 2017 ,  1 Answers

I keep trying to sell a Klipsch headset on eBay. I took the pictures of the product myself, but I keep getting my listing removed, because Klipsch is claiming copyright infringement over my images. They are my own pictures I took myself, and I feel I'm being harassed by Klipsch. Klipsch is wasting m...

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What is the legality of creating and selling a board game based off a fictional board game from a TV show?
Asked in Liverpool,  NY Sep. 03, 2017 ,  2 Answers

A few examples are: The Cones of Dunshire from the TV show 'Parks and Recreation', CharDee MacDennis from the TV show 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia', and True American from the TV show 'New Girl'.

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Will I be able to use the likeness of presidents and celebrities for an app as characters. I would not use their names.
Asked in Phoenix,  AZ Aug. 08, 2017 ,  1 Answers

actually, for the presidents I would use their names. I would use nicknames for the celebrities.

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Hi, I was wondering if you are able to file patents for video game ideas that are built on a 3rd party platforms.
Asked on Jul. 08, 2017 ,  1 Answers

In short, we run several large-scale game servers (such as Minecraft) which are run for profit. Due to the nature of Minecraft being a sandbox game, this allows content creators to have maximum flexibility over what they choose to provide to their audience. Minecraft "servers" (i.e. public communiti...

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Hi, About Casino table game Patent number: D748736. How much would similar casino table game patent cost?
Asked on Jun. 19, 2017 ,  1 Answers

I´m planning to release new casino table game. So I´m interested about how much it costs. And which parts of patent process would be most expensive. THX

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I wanna write a book/make a game about a non-english song. Do I need to get copyright permissions or can I just credit?
Asked in Ventura,  CA Apr. 19, 2017 ,  1 Answers

Basically, I used the song for inspiration for characters, setting, and plot. The reasons, some events, names, and everything else will be from my imagination. And some characters will say some lines from the song word for word in conversation (not song). I will not have the actual song sung anywher...

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Can I include images of video games in my monetized blog?
Asked in Chula Vista,  CA Mar. 28, 2017 ,  1 Answers

I am planning on creating and eventually monetizing a video game blog. I would like to include images of the video games I write about, however I'm not sure if that would be copyright infringement. I would appreciate is someone could tell me if this is allowed. Thank you.

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