Is it illegal to distribute torrent files?

If you are profiting from infringement you can find yourself in the crosshairs under secondary liability theories like contributory infringement....

What can I do?

A URL is merely an address in cyberspace. It is not in itself a trademark, but it may contain a trademark (e.g., Google.com). This requires a...

You are free to buy an item, remove tags and labels and resell the same. But if you merely replace their branding with your own without permission...

Will I get into issues if I use a city name or a single word related to a soccer team on my t-shirt designs?

You can't sell anything that your market will identify as related to any sports franchise without a license. You can still infringe even if you are...

It depends. You can use, but you need to worry about defamation if you make false statements about the school that they can show have harmed them....

There is little value with state trademark registrations. Of course, there is no harm, but I would be seeking a federal trademark registration with...

What is my best next course of action?

No one can address this without understanding what exactly we are talking about regards to IP. Before you take any further action, I suggest...

Do I own this work? "Work Made For Hire"

This is a work-made-for-hire agreement, but the last clause confuses me. It couches the WFH terms but then concludes that "work product" shall...

What you are describing sounds like you want to create derivative works based off of rather famous well-known characters. If this is correct, then...

Is this legal or Illegal?

In general, you are free to use another's trademark descriptively in text to refer to that mark holder. This is called "nominative fair use" and...