The selling of photos and posters that are going to have major league team hats, jerseys, etc. on fans? Is this in any way infringing on trademark law?
I applied for federal trademark protection for a clothing brand in February of 2006. It is currently in the final phase of application in 1A status, I have succesfully completed the 30 opposition period (now day 37).One month after I originally filed for protection another company applied for an almost identical mark under a different […]
I’ve seen artists selling ‘original’ murals on ebay that they say they have painted, and they are of Tinker Bell, Cinderella, SpiderMan, etc. Is that copyright infringement? If so, I’m surprised Ebay let s them do it.
I’ve been notified by another company’s law firm that my business name is infringing on their trademark. Most of my business is generated online and the domain name bears the name that’s trademarked. How can I change the domain name without losing business? Does anyone know if I can redirect the domain name to another […]
I have a business name: iBead Elegants (in Arizona) which specializes in handmade jewelry - I do not sell beads wholesale, etc. I also do not have a domain name of such. I sell 99% of my business through eBay.I received a message from a company in Florida called iBead.com which has a […]
If an online retailer sells StarBucks for example, would it be a Trademark infringement if they owned a like MyStarBucks.com or something like that?
So a friend and I were joking around, and he came up with a “Top 10 reasons to date a gamer” list and wants to make it into a t-shirt.In one of those reasons, he uses the phrase “Catch them all”, and the way it is used is almost a pun(i think) on the popular […]
Alright. I’m writing a novel in which the protagonists asks for another characters favorite band. The character will respond, “I’ve pretty much devoted my life to Queenadreena.” That’s not what will be said verbatim, but something of the like will.However, Queenadreena is the name of a band (one of my many favorites. […]
Our company anodizes (anodize- makes the metal non-corrosive, you can also add color and designs)paintball guns. Our customers tell us the colors and designs they want and we custom do them. My question is this: Is it considered trademark or copyright infringement if someone requests that we put a company’s logo on their gun? Example: […]
Being a leather crafter, and tool leather, would it be considered copyright or trademark infringement if I were to tool certain images, such as characters, or actors faces into leather? Let’s just use the example of a character such as Crocodile Dundee, or an actor such as John Wayne. These images would be more like […]