When is the right time to file a design patent app. I have pending non-provisional application now.

If we assume your provisional also teaches the ornamental features, you might be able to file both a design application and a non-provisional...

Can I sell old photographs that I've colorized?

It depends. If published before 1978 without copyright notice, they are in the public domain. If before 1923, not matter what, they are in the...

Can I use someone else's house image in my website?

Good answers above. There are unlikely to be any patent, trademark or copyright issues relative to the homeowner (unlikely, for example, there is...

Using Champions apparel for private brand

No. From a trademark point of view you'd be 'reverse passing off' plus some of the labels are required by law. You can't sell without a RN number...

What can I do if I feel like someone is committing trademark fraud?

If she's still in business she may have common law rights. You don't say if her trademark registrations are Federal. If she's discontinued use...

Is the work of transformative fiction I'm writing breaking copyright?

The test for copyright infringement is whether you have taken a substantial part of the original expression. Your description indicates this might...

Can she transfer copyright to me? If so, how? Are there advantages to transferring? Registration before publication?

From your description it sounds like your mother should own copyright. That would likely be from the estate of your grandfather. She can transfer...

Not if used in connection with beer or malt liquor. I registered VYBE for a client.

If a copyright is canceled due to the claimant not having the right to claim copyright is the original work submitted trashed?

It's unlikely the files will be deleted, at least for a substantial time.

If I hire an impersonator of a popular artist?

You have maybe three potentially separate issues: right of publicity in using an impersonator and catch phrases, the name and or phrase may also be...