These kinds of messages are clever solicitations. You can just disregard. Best regards, Frank Natoli-Legal, LLC

If this is for your own personal use and not for any commercial purpose, then it is fine. While it might still be a technical infringement, such...

I think the first big question here is identifying exactly who owns the IP in question. The US military forces may employ the final product but...

You are referring to work-for-hire and assignment language that will usually be part of a broader independent contractor agreement. If you need...

You would need express permission to do this and as noted, you need to know whether the band itself can actually grant that permission. This is,...

The context matters. It is fair use if you are directly commenting on the content and that would include poking fun at it. But any time you are...

It is only an issue if your use is likely to cause market confusion as to the source of the goods or services in question, which no one can say...

This entity's mark is on the Supplemental Register exactly because it is merely descriptive. You are free to still use that phrase descriptively...

As my colleague notes, the analysis is really whether your market is likely confused as to the source of your product. If you are expecting that...

Plagiarism is really more of an academic term. You mean copyright infringement. These kind of situations are very fact intensive. I suggest...