I need a patent attorney for a software application I having developed.

You should search for a patent attorney with a software background. Keep in mind that patents for software can be hard to get if the software is...

Trademark office will put trademark hold

Your application is suspended pending the outcome of the other application. You will have to wait for the disposition of the other application to...

A copyright is owned by the author of the work unless the author has assigned the copyright to another entity. If you, as an individual, are doing...

Trademarks: Is a mark on goods only made available by the vendor for a customer to use at the vendors facility registrable?

This is a good technical question. The mark would probably be registered as a service mark. However, if a competitor started selling mainframes...

"Lose weight now ask me how" is taken, can I use "Get fit, just ask" ?

If the first phrase is really a trademark, then the question is this: would the second mark give rise to a likelihood of confusion with the first...

Can a person copyright a free/public domain image from the internet by adding text making it theirs or would this be fair use?

If the image is really in the public domain, then the photographer has no claim to it.

Technically, what you describe could be considered making an unauthorized derivative work, which is a form of copyright infringement. However,...

It all hinges on the provisions of the Vevo user agreement. From your question, it sounds as though what you describe would be authorize use.

Do patent owners own a copyright on the text of the patent itself?

I have seen several patents in which the applicant asserted a claim for copyright in the text of the patent, essentially stating that it was...

Using my trademark name with other well known phrases that are used everyday.

So long as the phrases that you use are not trademarks belonging to other entities, then you can use them.