What difference among these fields of law? IP, Patent application, Patent Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Franchising?

You have many options. You can certainly hire a full service firm that serve in a multitude of practice areas, but these larger law firms will...

Can I use the Robert E. Howard Character Solomon Kane as the basis for an original fictional work for sale?

If I had to guess, which of course is not to be relied upon, I would say that his works or at least most of them are now in the public domain, but...

A friend of mine has acquired and is in posession of a famous and very well known celebrities previously worn clothing..

I don't think there is any question that your friend has every right to try and sell it and no the model that wore it for the shoot would have no...

There is a website that has tv shows and movies, it has a DMCA statement and has ads from App store and Google Play.

You mean you are concerned that the site is infringing and if you download something you might get pinched for it? It is hard to say for sure how...

I'm writing a screenplay based on news events. Do I need to get rights to the story?

Sure you can. You are free to write about anything or person you wish. But when you are writing about real events and real people either those that...

Is it legal to purchase product from a US retail store, put it in a gift box, then resell that box in a different country?

First, the "first sale doctrine" relates only to copyright aspects not trademark. It means essentially that when you lawfully purchase something...

Could my trademark be cancelled for the following....

Yes of course.......................

It depends on how you are using it. But I assume you are asking because you intend on referring to the NFL team in your design which in all...

Is Uber infringing on my copyright with their logo. Cognitive Constructs is my app founded in 2009.

Of course relying on any off-the-cuff answers you receive here over a free and quite public Q&A forum would be flatly foolish. But in my cursory...

I want to start a business doing steel fabrication . I would like to call it element 26 design

In any business your trademark is considered the centerpiece so make sure you handle it with great care. No one can answer your question...