Celebrities have a "right of publicity" plus they may also have trademark rights. The fact that others have not been caught yet is not a defense...

Replica is usually a euphemism for counterfeit. Assume it will cost you $50,000 or so if you're caught.

You are over-analyzing differences and confusing business entity law with trademark law. Trademark law doesn't work that way. Essentially, think...

All good questions but there are too many additional variables to answer, and you shouldn't want the answer on a public board. Retain a trademark...

They are two (at least) different things. A d/b/a or assumed name or trade name is what you use to identify the legal entity, usually for...

Start with the EULA. You shouldn't breach a contract. Copyright grants an exclusive right to reproduce (copy, maybe even into memory) or prepare...

If by "your materials" you are including materials written by someone else, it sure sounds like copyright infringement. Educational use is only...

You will be unlikely to get a "clearance" on a public board like Avvo. You admit characters copied from three, probably copyrighted, works are...

Anyone can call it a trademark, even of they are not technically using it as a trademark. Technically, you'd be offering services so "SM" might be...

"Copying" violates copyright. It's the exclusive "right" to "copy". But it also includes the exclusive right to distribute. I mention this...