Can I use a company name in my products description or title?

It is probably nominative fair use to say what you need to in order to identify the subject of the photo. Don't say more, don't use a logo, and...

Good answer above. The problem is you are starting with copyrightable graphic works and creating, arguably, a sculpture from them. It would take...

Corp with registered TM has the name we want to use in the same category on USPTO. However, their business is 100% different.

Retain a trademark lawyer to advise about the actual marks and goods/services. Trademark classes ("categories") are mainly administrative. For...

You are confusing the physical item with the right to copy (copyright). Can you clean it up and play it at home? Probably. If you make a copy for...

A lot depends on specific facts and you should retain a lawyer to handle this. If it was one instance of an inadvertent post without obtaining the...

Is owning a short domain a good idea when it comes to trademarks?

You're kind of confusing two different things. Domain names can coexist, technically, if there is one character different. Assume it's "dog.vg". ...

What types of contracts do I need regarding rights to product sales?

You should absolutely have Standard Terms and Conditions that include warranties of authenticity, authority and non-infringement an obligation to...

Trademark problem?

As correctly pointed out above, if they have a lawyer who contacted you, you should retain a lawyer to respond. There are seven Federal...

Several copyright infringement questions from a foreigner photographer

Avvo shouldn't be a place to get specific advice about an actual controversy. You should retain a lawyer after he or she checks that the firm has...

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Is there anyway to protect a mural painted and unknown number of years ago, by an unknown artist, in a public school?

Copyright in a work before 1978 would depend on its having a copyright notice. That should give you the author's name. But that would not control...