"It's like you running down to the local copy shop with a copyrighted material and asking them to run copies"
I always was told that innocence does not eliminate liability. Has this changed? Is...

I'm trying to work out how the internet business model might differ from the more brick and mortar model in a couple of aspects.

My ultimate question is probably too convoluted for a first post so...

Exactly what is being licensed? A book title does not meet requirements for copyright. A book title alone is not sufficient for trademark. It sounds more like a marketing contract than an...

In general Placename + Type of Service is too descriptive to qualify for trademark. Section 2(e)(2) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(2) There are exceptions where the business has succeeded...

Well, I don't see any basis for any company to say you can't properly attribute the authorship of a public domain poem, even if it is on a commercial product. Even if something is trademarked using...

Has there been a significant change in the law in regard to "fair use" of trademarks. I thought that KP PERMANENT MAKE-UP, INC. v. LASTING IMPRESSION I, INC. discussed the burden of proof in...

Same issue, same question.


The OP gave a fair statement of the situation. Oscar Wilde died 110 years ago. Any basis I'm aware of for claiming rights in the author's name extends no longer...