If a shopping site will not accept a proper dmca, can I sue for copyright infringement?

You can sue at any point. The DMCA notice just gives Amazon a safe harbor to avoid damages, if they abide by a proper notice. At this point, you...

In the matter of intellectual property, do you need an attorney from the state you live in?

Unless you are dealing with State or local legal issues, such as commercial transactions, real estate, family or criminal Law, you are not...

I am a calligrapher. Is it illegal to publicly display (NOT SELL) lyrics that belong to a musician or music publisher?

I am not sure if I agree with my colleagues analysis. An owner of a copyrighted painting or photograph can publicly display the artwork in a...

Can I republish the email in question (on social media; i.e. Facebook) without facing legal repercussions?

Yes, you may publish it. As long as you did not agree to maintain it in confidence, you should be free to republish the email. As long as your...

Must we discontinue the use of this phrase, or are we legally entitled to use it because we were the first?

If you have evidence of your use of the phrase going back before 2002, you can let them know that you have superior rights to the phrase and to...

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How should I proceed?

Well, you may have a case for copyright infringement. The test is access and substantial similarity. If they copied your song and recorded it,...

What can I expect to happen in court seeing how it's not like I took the card on purpose?

Get a criminal defense attorney, don't post or look for an Intellectual Property attorney. This is the wrong category!

How can they prove that I made every single purchase, I opened those cards and spent all that money on myself ... What can I get

Sorry to hear. However, this is not an Intellectual Property question. I will recatagorize it for you. Good luck!

How can we search for patents and get a patent?

Well, you received a lot of useful responses about searching in Google Patents and in the USPO website. However, you are not experienced in this...

How do i copyright a company

I understand that you are starting a new company and would like to adopt a brand for a new clothing line. The first thing that you should do is...