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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 8587935" data-attributes="member: 6669048">If it's a trademark or artwork that appeared on the original cover...maybe? That is a very nuanced case that I would definitely run by an actual real board-certified specialist grown-up intellectual property lawyer before I started charging over half a grand for them. There are a lot of questions I just don't have the answers to since I'm not a lawyer and I haven't been able to find answers in my searching. For example, I have a friend who has rebound a bunch of Batman, X-Men, Spider-man, etc. graphic novels in nice faux-leather binding like this and he uses the logos for the characters and the companies DC and Marvel on the covers and spines. They're for his personal library, but because he purchased the physical graphic novels, he should be able to sell them if he wanted. Maybe. It may be different because he's an individual versus an LLC like &quot;TSR&quot; LLC or Dungeon Hobby Museum LLC, or it may be different because my friend isn't currently involved in a trademark lawsuit over the very trademarks in question.It's possible this particular question hasn't come up in case law yet, or that it has and I just don't have access to the resources to find it, or my Google skills aren't what they used to be...but based on my casual knowledge of IP law...maybe? Then again, if I were already in the middle of a trademark lawsuit, I might just consider going for it because the company's likely going to be bankrupt if they lose no matter how deeper they dig the hole. And I also don't think it's quite registered with LaNasa that him being named personally in the lawsuit means he can't use the LLCs as a shield.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 8587935, member: 6669048"] If it's a trademark or artwork that appeared on the original cover...maybe? That is a very nuanced case that I would definitely run by an actual real board-certified specialist grown-up intellectual property lawyer before I started charging over half a grand for them. There are a lot of questions I just don't have the answers to since I'm not a lawyer and I haven't been able to find answers in my searching. For example, I have a friend who has rebound a bunch of Batman, X-Men, Spider-man, etc. graphic novels in nice faux-leather binding like this and he uses the logos for the characters and the companies DC and Marvel on the covers and spines. They're for his personal library, but because he purchased the physical graphic novels, he [I]should [/I]be able to sell them if he wanted. Maybe. It may be different because he's an individual versus an LLC like "TSR" LLC or Dungeon Hobby Museum LLC, or it may be different because my friend isn't currently involved in a trademark lawsuit over the very trademarks in question. It's possible this particular question hasn't come up in case law yet, or that it has and I just don't have access to the resources to find it, or my Google skills aren't what they used to be...but based on my casual knowledge of IP law...maybe? Then again, if I were already in the middle of a trademark lawsuit, I might just consider going for it because the company's likely going to be bankrupt if they lose no matter how deeper they dig the hole. And I also don't think it's quite registered with LaNasa that him being named personally in the lawsuit means he can't use the LLCs as a shield. [/QUOTE]

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