Archives
- 2009.07.03: All Federal Works in the Public Domain (NOT!)
- 2009.07.02: Using Amazon Reviewer Quotes on Product
- 2009.07.01: Car Used in Graphic Novel
- 2009.06.30: Using Posters from Cultural Revolution
- 2009.06.29: Unauthorized Posting of Masters Thesis
- 2009.06.26: Creating Logo Based on Building
- 2009.06.25: Can a Chapter Heading Infringe a Book Title?
- 2009.06.24: Copyright in American Indian Photos
- 2009.06.23: Can a NonProfit Be an Invention Licensor?
- 2009.06.22: Can I Use the Name From a Previous Business?
- 2009.06.19: Idea to 'Monetize' Large Asset
- 2009.06.18: Wedding Videography and Sync License
- 2009.06.17: Does Home Sale Imply Photo Permission?
- 2009.06.16: Database Protection and Licenses
- 2009.06.15: Can You Patent Something Invented by a Machine?
- 2009.06.12: Sports Licensing: Is the System Rigged?
- 2009.06.11: Board Game Based on Movie (NOT!)
- 2009.06.10: Patenting Sporting Event
- 2009.06.09: Board Games, the Bible, and Canada
- 2009.06.08: Pre-Loaded iPods: Part Two
- 2009.06.05: Rights to Deceased Movie Actor Figurine
- 2009.06.04: Blog Name 'Stolen' By Website
- 2009.06.03: Dividing Music Income
- 2009.06.02: Using TV Commercials in Documentary
- 2009.06.01: Using Music from iTunes at a Website
- 2009.05.29: Bands, LLCs, and Income Taxes
- 2009.05.28: Start a Music Label (or Not)?
- 2009.05.27: Investigating Potential Music Royalty Ripoffs
- 2009.05.26: Getting Paid from Webcasts and Satellite Radio
- 2009.05.25: How Do You Get Music on iTunes (and Avoid Illegal Downloads)?
- 2009.05.22: Punctuation in a trademark: Does it make it stronger?
- 2009.05.21: Securing Rights to Old Technical Manuals
- 2009.05.20: Stopping Patented Invention From Being Imported
- 2009.05.19: Trademark Registration of a Blog Name
- 2009.05.18: Fictitious Journal About Celebrity
- 2009.05.15: Are Speeches by Foreign Leaders in the Public Domain?
- 2009.05.14: When is a trademark "in commerce"?
- 2009.05.13: Creating a Book of Public Domain Quotations
- 2009.05.12: Sending sculpture photos to foundry
- 2009.05.11: Busted by eBay for Selling Pin-Up Star Photos
- 2009.05.08: How Do You Get Coffee Certification Marks?
- 2009.05.07: Hey... what about free speech? KC Beer, Part II
- 2009.05.06: Geographic Trademarks: Misdescriptive v. Suggestive
- 2009.05.05: Trademarks and Domains: The Beat Goes On
- 2009.05.04: Infringing Domain Name?
- 2009.05.01: Whale Rider: Making a Musical Without Permission
- 2009.04.30: Family rights to old steel patents
- 2009.04.29: Revoking Copyright Transfer of Poetry
- 2009.04.28: Have I forfeited my patent by disclosing it to a company?
- 2009.04.27: Copyright in Employee Photos of Clothing
- 2009.04.24: Writing About Famous Dead People
- 2009.04.23: Who Owns Software Created After Hours
- 2009.04.22: Provisional Patent Application on Someone Else's Idea
- 2009.04.21: Looking for Your Dear Rich Question?
- 2009.04.21: Song Recording in South Africa
- 2009.04.20: Repurposing Music Memorabilia
- 2009.04.17: Quasi Celebrity in Title of Movie
- 2009.04.16: Trademarks for Music Business Merchandise
- 2009.04.15: Consent and Release for Documentary Interview Subject
- 2009.04.14: Inheriting a Copyright
- 2009.04.13: Re-Selling iPods With Pre-Loaded Licensed Content
- 2009.04.10: 'Patent Pending' Infringement?
- 2009.04.09: International Business Name Trademark Inquiry
- 2009.04.08: Theft of Website Code
- 2009.04.07: Panoramafreiheit and (more) about Buildings and Photos
- 2009.04.06: Trademark Specimen for Software Development Services
- 2009.04.03: Permission to Reproduce Museum Works
- 2009.04.02: Trademark for Online Game Guild
- 2009.04.01: More songs about buildings and copyrights
- 2009.03.31: Reprint Rights from Dead Writer
- 2009.03.30: Billy Crystal Photo Release
- 2009.03.27: Legal Issues for Celebrity Numerology
- 2009.03.26: (Not Copying) Indiana Jones in Video Game
- 2009.03.25: Links, excerpts, articles and the DMCA
- 2009.03.24: Celebrities on clothing: Don't sue me, please!
- 2009.03.23: Design Patent on Golf Sculpture
- 2009.03.20: No Copyright (or Copywrite) for Tax Loophole Strategy
- 2009.03.19: Can a Co-Writer License at Less Than Market Value?
- 2009.03.18: Script Based on a Fairy Tale Used in Disney Movie
- 2009.03.17: Business Software Copyright and Ownership
- 2009.03.16: Copyright for Patent Drawings?
- 2009.03.13: Protecting Puppet Characters
- 2009.03.12: Punk Rock Video Rights
- 2009.03.11: Transferring Permissions to LLC
- 2009.03.10: Consigning Art to Financially Troubled Gallery
- 2009.03.08: More Questions About Painting and Copyright
- 2009.03.05: Paintings, Posters and Copyright
- 2009.03.04: Microsoft Clip Art in Book
- 2009.03.02: Trademarks for Marijuana
- 2009.02.27: Protecting 50-State Database
- 2009.02.25: R&D Trade Secret Ownership
- 2009.02.22: D'oh! Using Homer Simpson's Image on a Website
- 2009.02.20: Publishing Lyrics at Websites
- 2009.02.17: Divorce and Copyright
- 2009.02.14: Reselling Apple Products
- 2009.02.09: Trademarks and Religion
- 2009.02.05: When is a photographer "hired"?
- 2009.02.01: Can't Make Sense of Internet Patents
- 2009.01.26: Breaking Up Music Production LLC
- 2009.01.21: Bank check copyrights
- 2009.01.19: Yearbook Photo Release Issues
- 2009.01.15: Stopping Blogspot Subdomains
- 2009.01.12: Acquiring Geographic Trademark Rights
- 2009.01.07: Coloring books and copyright
- 2009.01.05: Protecting Short Phrases
- 2008.12.31: Movie costumes and copyrights
- 2008.12.23: IP enforcement insurance
- 2008.12.18: Can my software show patented inventions?
- 2008.12.16: Public domain sheet music: when is it copyrighted?
- 2008.12.10: Who owns copyright in apartment photos?
- 2008.12.06: Old newspapers: how much can you use?
- 2008.11.29: Why do ringtones cost more than songs?
- 2008.11.24: Impersonating Licensed Characters at Parties
- 2008.11.22: Christmas Song Infringement
- 2008.11.20: NASCAR and publicity rights
- 2008.11.16: Your houseboat, my sculpture
- 2008.11.01: Celebrity Trademarks and Documentary Rights
- 2008.10.22: Showing Book Covers in Movies
- 2008.10.17: Register a Song Copyright Using Form CO
- 2008.10.09: Process Patents and Cigarette Papers
- 2008.09.30: No Perpetuity in Copyright
- 2008.09.27: Your adword is my trademark!
- 2008.09.16: Visually-impaired website access
- 2008.09.09: Can I use a song for my political fundraiser?
- 2008.09.01: Does my domain name infringe your trademark?
- 2008.08.21: Do you need permission to publish pictures of buildings?
- 2008.08.07: Can your name be a trademark?
- 2008.07.30: Who has copyright in wedding photos?
- 2008.07.19: What's wrong with invention promoters?
- 2008.07.14: Can you copyright fireworks?
- 2008.06.18: Can you claim rights to an animal's appearance?
- 2008.06.07: Repurposing copyrights and trademarks: the first sale doctrine
- 2008.05.25: Do you need permission to reproduce interviews?
- 2008.05.17: A picture is worth a thousand bucks: Web templates and stock photo use
- 2008.05.07: Orphan Works
- 2008.04.27: How do you stop someone from stealing your bra?
- 2008.04.20: Harry Potter and the little guy
- 2008.04.12: Can you patent a medical procedure?
- 2008.04.07: Can public domain art be protected?
- 2008.03.10: Don't drink and plagiarize: Living with Turnitin.com
- 2008.03.06: I'm not gay but my trademark is...
- 2008.02.28: My boyfriend stole my trademark!
- 2008.02.22: Dad, what's a cookie? Complying with COPPA
- 2008.02.18: Cover me: Your right to reproduce copyrighted packaging
- 2008.02.13: Holy touchdown: The difference between churches and sports bars
- 2008.02.07: Can I look now? Editing films for sexual content
- 2008.02.05: When domian names are mispeled: The rules of typosquatting
- 2008.02.01: And don't copy this screen, either! (Are screenshots copyright infringement?)
- 2008.01.29: Don't copy this (and don't copy my cease and desist letter, either)!
- 2008.01.24: Do Not Pass Go: How to create non-infringing board games
- 2008.01.22: If you are not the intended recipient of this blog...
- 2008.01.18: WTH? When are initials generic?
- 2008.01.17: I'm exhausted...
- 2008.01.16: Is it anything like a trademark Smurf?
- 2008.01.15: She kissed him deeply and touched his public domain...
- 2008.01.14: Too many cookbooks spoil the copyright
- 2008.01.11: Is it cruel to brand a seal?
- 2008.01.10: Using fillable PDFs to file patents
- 2008.01.09: Design logo searches ... and meerkats
- 2008.01.08: No Trademark, No Cry
- 2008.01.07: Copyright Fees: 1, Dancing Queen: 0
- 2008.01.04: Open wide
- 2008.01.03: Stoned
- 2008.01.02: Fore!
- 2008.01.01: My lawyer went to the Copyright Office: Part Two
- 2007.12.18: Remains of the Day
- 2007.12.13: I Vant to Eat Your Cereal
- 2007.11.06: Do Fries Come With That Smog Check?
- 2007.10.24: On This Day: The Man Who Patented Fire
- 2007.10.17: On This Day: The Hot Rocks Trademark
- 2007.10.17: Turn 1-Click Off
- 2007.10.10: Pimp My Suburban
- 2007.10.06: Is It Illegal to...
- 2007.10.05: My Lawyer Went to the Copyright Office and All I Got Was This Lousy Registration
- 2007.09.17: Judges to Copyright Claimants: Do the Math
- 2007.09.17: Edison Rotates in Grave
- 2007.09.17: American Blinds Gives Up Keyword Battle: Next Up -- American Airlines
- 2007.09.17: About This Blog
