If the chemical composition or method of manufacture is new, useful and non-obvious it may be patentable. Recipes are particularly hard to patent...

You're getting distracted by the label of the medium when what you should be paying attention to is who contributed original content and who owns...

Good answer above. Both the "conclusions" you are receiving could be correct because they could be based on different facts. But genuine licensed...

If you need a lawyer's advice, you should retain a lawyer to evaluate the facts and provide you a confidential opinion. Avvo is a place for public...

You don't "own" anything. You are permitted to post, operate, etc. based on a contract with Facebook. First check the contract. There is "safe...

That the others have not been caught yet is not a defense in a trademark infringement case against you.

Not copyright. You should retain a lawyer familiar with intellectual property law (most know both copyright and trademark) to provide an opinion...

Probably. But there's no way you can get an answer on Avvo. You need a lawyer to read the whole agreement. The titles of the documents are pretty...

The formality of an expired registration or an abandoned application does not mean that if a mark were in use there might remain common law rights....

If and where you can sue Facebook is governed by your contract with them. Look at the Terms of Service (or similar name). Chances are you agreed...