I have a friend that was contacted by another party who has trademarked the same production company name my friend uses. Unfortunately, my friend never trademarked the name but does hold the longer dba.

I’ve been asked to write for a character in a series of comic books. Should the publisher and I do a licensing agreement or writer-for-hire? When I decide to spin-off from that character to the character, what type of agreement should I obtain?

A former client filed federal trademark registration a week after our name suggestion and it is currently published for opposition. Does my firm own the copyright or common law trademark to the name?

Design-related legal, copyright, trademark, or intellectual property rights confusion? NoD guest author and legal expert Jean S. Perwin is taking questions. If you have questions for Jean, email them to us using editor (at) notesondesign.net. Jean will …

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I’m a graphic designer who has recently done some campaign work for a local county race. The initials of the client are M.M. and this person desperately wanted to include some M&M candy type reference in the campaign materials.

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