There are ways to search. A mark, however, is not required to be registered in order to enforce rights under common law. Common law rights will...

I don't believe they have a very good argument here. I assume first that there was no written agreement correct? Assuming not, you received an...

You can so long as you are not doing anything that is likely to cause market confusion regards to the source of your products. Placing the acronym...

You should have a standard character text mark registered and then register the new design. If you stopped using the mark for more than three...

Can I use this name for my Youtube Channel?

It is possible that this identifies a potential conflict for sure. Before you invest in any trademark make sure you get some legal guidance...

Maybe, but likely not. People have an option to brand as a .com. For example, About.com is the mark. Whereas, Google does not brand as Google.com...

The concept of first sale doctrine says that once you buy something protected by copyright you are free to resell that without any threat of...

I paid a company to publish my book- we got to galleys-the company failed-l much later learned they sold it-what is mine?

As noted, the first place to start is by reviewing the agreement. But this has been a while, so unless there has been activity on this in the last...

This is a media / publicity rights release. This can be language that is part of your service agreement as well. If you need help preparing it,...

It's really no different from a screenshot that you use as wallpaper or screen-saver. How would anyone ever know? As noted, it's not your IP so...