Trademark

How do I go about getting a trademark

registered for my company name. I

have done some work under the name,

but I want to guarntee that I have the

name. Is a trademark correct? How

muc does it cost and where do I start?

Copyright, and Intellectual Properties Laws

I am interested in making a costume that is based on a game, Warhammer 40,000.

This costume would be made by myself and a few friends and made for limited consumtion amongst them,

I was told by a friend that Games Workshop (the company that makes said game) is very jealous of their IP and would stomp me down for making these.

I was wondering is this illegal to make them, Since I know full well that George Lucas is very jealous of his IP yet Fan Made & for sale Starwars costumes are widely available,

Any Help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

Copyright and Trademark restrictions

I am currently writing a literary

criticism book on the Harry Potter

Phenomeon. I would like include

cover and interior illustrations as part

of the book. Does the creation of art

based on the ideas or concepts

presented in a literary work an act of

copyright infrindgment? If the

characters are covered under

trademark does the creation of art

based on the ideas or concepts

presented in a literary work a

violation of trademark law even if the

art differs completely from the

established images presented under

the trademark?

Work for Hire & Copyright

If I did graphic design and copy writing

work for a client and they are using my

artwork in their business but are

refusing to pay me for the work, what

recourse do I have in collection and

copyright realms?

Boston Partners vs. Boston Ventures

Can a business with the name Boston Partners prevent me from getting a trademark on the name Boston Ventures?

Lawsuit filed against us for copyright infringement

My restaurant was recently sued for copyright infringement under Title 17. The Plaintiffs allege the copyright infringment is based on our public performances of copyrighted musical compositions.

What happened was we purchased a karaoke machine from an established karaoke business in NC. We thought since the previous owner had rights to the songs, that there'd be no incidence of copyright infringement if we used the machine at our establishment. We were contacted by ASCAP to pay fees for some of the songs, but didn't since we thought we were fine.

Right after they filed a lawsuit, we contacted them and asked to settle this out of court. They're asking us for $7000 (which includes $2000+ for fees overdue, attorney fees, and statutory damages).

Do you think this is a legitimate amount for them to ask? Or should we hire a lawyer and argue our case? Do we even have a case? Please help.

Copyright violation?

I am a partner in an organisation that has a website for advertising our skills. I have posted several technical white papers on this website. Another former partner made a copy of the web site then left the organisation to form a new organisation with a new website. All of my white papers are posted on the new website without my permission. Is this a violation of copyright or any other law? What can I do about it?

copyright a story

I'm interested in knowing the law involved when it comes to intellectual property such as books and scripts for movies and animation storyboards. Can you tell me anything?

Copywritting a story

I'm interested in knowing the law involved when it comes to intellectual property such as books and scripts for movies and animation storyboards. Can you tell me anything?

Personal property

I sold some custom rims to a friend and there was no contract sign only a verbal contract, and there were witnesses at least 3. What legal rights do I have as far as retrieveing or money owed to me, and if she will not return my property will that constitue as theft.

Art Asset Copyrights in Free Software

An early version of a free community made video game modification (which had established a name and graphical logo) created using a larger company's engine was released under the GNU license as free software and the source code was made publicly available. In the meantime the modification name logo and game-play has been adopted by a second group of ''developers''. Ignoring the ethical issues, would it be unlawful to create a derivative free modification using the same (or very similar) name, logo and game-play?

did my mother break any laws

I recently discovered my mother accessing my personal e mail account thereby tampering and in some cases removing personal e mail files with out my prior ok or knowledge. what is even more upsetting is she has erased e mail files sent by my father whome ive been looking for for close to eighteen years. this has caused me to want to understand my personal rights pertaining to this situation, and here neglegent handling of such an important and fragile situation and what could be the consequences of her actions

trespassers

I have a barn with horses thats in a neighborhood in west virginia. some people just moved up the street from us and turned all 6 of their kids lose. i recently had to lock down my barn because the 2 trespassing signs posted on the front of the barn where ignored and the kids went in while i was at work. one says NO TRESPASSING and the other one says NO TRESPASSING, VIOLATERS WILL BE SHOT, SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN. I hate to lock down the barn because it gets hot in there for the horses but I dont want the kids to get bit or kicked and get sued. The parents of these children are a little rough, what can I do?

Thanks, WV

Are mediation fees recoverable under C.C.P. s 1033.5?

Are mediation fees recoverable under CA C.C.P. s 1033.5?

Wood fence

I have 6 foot wood fence My next door neighbor is putting up a fence and has place one of the poles on my property i do not want them to connect to my fence.

What cam be done

contracts

once a contract is signed, can one party adjust the contract with out the other parties signature? For example, we signed a contract for X amount of web space, there is no mention of what extra space would cost on the contract also there is no mention of bandwith on the contract but yet the company wants to charge me. Is this possible?

Internet trademark infringement

We purchased a company called am-finn sauna a few years back. We noticed last year that a competitor, viking sauna, owns the amfinnsauna url and is re-directed to their viking sauna website. What legal recorse to we have? thanks, Steve

Trademark

I have a question for you that Ive been trying to find the answer to. I'm trying to a start a new business called Ph^2 which stands for Phucking Phamous, I'm planning on making Tshirts and stuff. There is currently a company that trademarked Phamous which is part of the name that I am using to put on Tshirts and such. I was wondering if I am not allowed to use the Phamous name and if I do use the name on shirts am I going to get in trouble of some sort. I know your probably busy, but thank you for your time.

Author Publishing Contract Help

I was just offered a book contract by

a smaller press, but there are a few

items that I'm not sure about,

mainly the rights the publisher gets,

and any locked-in terms/times as far

as me later submitting to another

publisher. I have the contract in

word form, and can send that if need

be

Intellectual Property

If I have an idea for a website/company, can I get a patent for it?