As noted, we don't have enough to go on to offer a proper opinion. If you are, for example, specifically commenting on these companies in some way...

There are going to be a number of things that can be protected formally, such as your creative expression that attends this concept. This is...

Copyright protects creative expression so there has to be at least a modicum of that to warrant protection. Presumably, such a short phrase and...

Your partner's background, while may offer an explanation for why you do not want to pursue a business relationship, is not relevant to your legal...

It doesn't really matter how a business dissolved or even whether it dissolved at all, but we consider three consecutive years of non-use evidence...

This depends on a number of factors and cannot be addressed here of course. Before you invest in any trademark of your own make sure you get...

There is no formality involved with this, as noted. If you plan on using the name to present the source of goods or services then that is a...

If you were not a bona fide W-2 employee and you did this without any written agreement, then you still remain the copyright owner. As noted,...

I may be misunderstanding, but I don't see any issue with your purchase of the book from a foreign source.

This isn't clear. If you are not otherwise infringing on anyone's rights then I fail to see an issue. For clarification, I suggest that you...