Is it legal to sell items (via etsy, ebay, etc.) I make using instructions from an online tutorial?

No, they own the copyright. Create your own content. It would be an infringement.

What establishes "expression" when it comes to copyright infringement?

How the art is placed on the tangible medium. Whether it is painting, photography, musical recording, literature. Each is an expression of the...

My question is? The papers I signed in the beginning, do they bind me to those companies? I want to go forward on my own. Can I?

Can't advise you without seeing what you signed. However, if you don't invest the money yourseld, someone is going to get a big piece of your pie....

Do they have the legal right to use my name?

It depends on the use that you have made on your name and the trademark rights that you have acquired by such use and registration, if applicable. ...

Definitely not an IP question. Recatagorizing.

Don't know, since these things are confidential. Only real way of stopping many importers is by bringing an ITC proceedings against a myriad of...

Is it legal for them to use our social security numbers as our account number without our permission or against our wishes.

Not an Intellectual Property Question. I'll recatagorize it, so someone may be able to answer it for you.

Should either one of co-writers have 100% master, copyright in order to say one represents a one-stop track?..

I am not sure about your setup. It would be better if there was one publishing company that pays each of you 50% royalties, instead of 2. ...

Anyone have experience getting Amazon to remove Utility Patent Infringers? And Lanham Act question?

Sorry to hear that. An attorney's letter on infringement, and accusing Amazon of Contributory infringement and inducement, may help. In this type...

I would like to sell political pins, is this possible?

Unless the video you used was a government document, and not from a private company like ABC, NBC and the like, you are preparing an unauthorized...