What r da options in defending against trademark infringment?If I petition to cancel, which court would it be?Could TTAB Stall?

A federal district court might stay an action if the TTAB proceeding has already been initiated. But this is a big maybe. If the case if first...

Is our business using profit sharing?

I'm not sure you are using the nomenclature correctly for your venture. As it was well articulated by my colleague, profit sharing refers to a...

Would a disclaimer or some legal wording work here?

I agree with the others that a general business liability policy will be a good idea and they are quite accessible for the most part. I would also...

How can I get a verbal agreement more concrete to keep defendant from defaulting on payments.

You need a written agreement. Obviously, the other party cannot give you what they do not have so whatever you agree to it has to be reasonable to...

Am I better off not using the name? What could be the risk?

If the company does not business here in the US does it will not matter whether they have the same in their own country. But if they are in...

Non-Profit verbal and documented donation not honored

I agree, it will come down to whether this constitutes a contract or not and was more than just a promise to donate, which is really not...

Can I establish one LLC then dba all my business ventures?

Well, you can but it may not be advised to avoid cross liability. I had a client that operated a restaurant and a real estate investment company...

Copyrighted rights

You have two issues here. One is copyright and the other is trademark. Because a logo, unlike a text name has creative expression, or at least...

What can I do to protect my business name?

You need first to take a big step back and have a proper case/matter analysis done from trademark counsel so you can ascertain the merit of your...

It's not clear to me here that the images this platform is using actually belong to you or do they actually belong to someone else and you were...