You should retain a lawyer to review everything. Avvo's free, and public, answers to general questions are not a substitute. Does it sound like...

Customarily an assignment includes language including the right to sue for past infringement. Have a look at the assignment.

If you reproduce (make a copy of a file) or perform/broadcast/stream an infringing work, you're liable for your own acts. If you have...

Good answers above. Every trademark case depends on the actual words and the goods or services. The meaning of the words and how common they are...

Of course you can. However, most attorneys charge based on the size of the job (contingent fees are usually only in lawsuits where there are...

It seems like the license would say what you can do. Beware of fake "officially licensed" goods from "wholesalers." Ask your supplier for a...

Both answers above are good ones, even though they are kind of opposite. The problem is that there are cases on removing logos -- reverse passing...

If the books are under a valid copyright (assume that they are unless they're from 1925 or earlier) you would be infringing if you recorded them...

This is a totally subjective view with no official legal structure. It is not at all like medicine where doctors have certificates in particular...

You seem to have a pretty good handle on it. Copyright protects art or literature (the book) against unauthorized "copying" -- reproduction,...