Intellectual property law. Can a designed art piece that designed be copied and sold by another company w/o permission?

This whole scenario deserves a proper analysis. In general, any creative expression will be covered by copyright law automatically. Then you...

You need to get some proper legal attention on this Are you able to provide any evidence that the music was obtained from a royalty free platform?...

Is it to plaintiff's advantage or not to send a cease-and-desist letter prior to publication?

You should be sending notice as soon as you are made aware of the infringement. Once it goes to publication it will be that much harder to do...

Is a city or area trademarked for purposes of registering an internet domain name

This is interesting, because while they may have trademark rights to the name "Coachella Music Festival" but this does not mean you are infringing...

Can I use the name NBA to name an internet basketball forum about the NBA, for example something like, nbaforums.com?

You are free to use another's trademark descriptively in text to refer to that mark holder. This is called "nominative fair use" and the classic...

Can someone trademark something they saw on TV?

The fact that this term appeared on clothing or anything really through a TV show is just not relevant regards to trademark law. The key...

Can I use a combination of a specific year and city name on clothing (in cases that might cause confusion)?

This should not be a problem unless "1996" or "Atlanta" are being employed as trademarks in the same or related class of good or service AND your...

What are my legal options when a client will not pay for their business logo?

Your option is to sue them for services rendered (non-payment). At this point it is a claim under contract law not intellectual property. As a...

Developer claims an effect I created infringes up the copyright of their Game. Advice?

This scenario requires a proper case matter analysis. The copyright infringement test is called "substantial similarity." Remember, any creative...

You really can't have it both ways. You claim this was an abusive relationship (and I will assume that you were not married to him which will...