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    Business Debt, Collections Debt Collector Sent to a Law Firm - Upper Hand or Beginning of a Lawsuit?

    I had a credit card a year or two ago I defaulted on for a little less than $2,000. The CC company (a well known bank) wrote it off to another well-known debt collector. Originally I got the CC in Iowa from my bank then moved out to California. While out in California, I incurred the debt and...
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    Fair Use Video e.g. The Simpsons

    Hi, so can I snip 30 seconds (or 2 minutes) of a clip from The Simpsons episode. As I understand it from copyright law this is considered "Fair Use". Would anything else be a problem?
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    Displaying a Company's Magazine Advertisement on a Blog

    Is it infringement if I show an advertisement page from a magazine (it is digital anyways) on a blog to make fun of it? It seems other people do it without a hitch: thestar.blogs.com/stargazing/2010/01/tiger-woods-on-the-cover-of-vanity-fair.html
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    Should I Ever Talk To The Police?

    Long and complicated story. But the police called a home phone number which a family member gave my cell number. The office called me and said he needed to talk to me about a matter and should be really quick. I have no idea what he wants as I have not done anything (that I conciously know...
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    Copyright/Trademark Infringing Websites: Fails, Peoples and Lames

    Let's say I got a picture of someone off flickr, or Googe images, or somewhere else. I take that picture and Photoshop it and put "FAIL" or "OWNED" or maybe put it in a black frame with a quote, or maybe write quotes on it like: Failblog.org, peopleofwalmart.com, etc. Would that be...
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    Business Trust Account Free of Taxes?

    Hi, Let's say I have a business, call it XYZ & Co., and payments to my business are made to "XYZ & Co. Trust Account". Is it safe from paying taxes? If I take the money out, or if I pay myself, employees etc. from the fund (I think businesses do this?), I then of course pay taxes and all...
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    Can I still register a trademark if someone already says it or uses it Online?

    Can I still register a trademark if someone else says it or is using it online? It is not currently registered. By searching the USPTO I cannot find a pending registration for it either. Is a non-registered search part of the examiners job? If it is casually used?
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    someone else is claiming a trademark before I register it

    thelaw, so I am looking to register a trademark for a goods and service as a website that will act as a directory of information regarding various trendy web applications, serve as a virtual community, provide news, updates, etc. this was an idea I came up with a year ago but didn't have the...
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