Do you lose benefits under the copyright law under in the following situation?

If you don't have registration before infringement or within 3 months of publication you lose statutory damages and attorneys fees.

This concerns trademark registration of a proprietary mark within a screenplay.

It's going to be tough. Trademarks are used in commerce to identify the source of goods, service marks are used in commerce to identify the source...

Avvo is not the place to get advice about specific facts. Retain a lawyer and get a confidential opinion. You don't really want a public post...

Can I sell a patented product if the patent application from the complaining was filed after I began selling?

If their priority date is after March 16, 2013 and you have been selling your product before their priority date then it sounds like you should...

Need advice with trademark infringement. I own the TM for a photography business and another company is using the name now.

If there's time, the mark is distinctive and no one else has a Federal registration, consider getting your own registration. You may want to take...

Am I encroaching on my non-compete if I start R&D of a competing new product after terminating employment?

It depends on what it says. It will also depend on what state's law applies. Wisconsin is harder on non-competes than some states. There is also...

It depends on who "advised" you. If it was an Examining Attorney at the Trademark Office then he or she will likely be receptive to, and may even...

Can a company claim trademark to the silhouette image of the great lakes?

Can they "claim" trademark rights? Yes. However, if the claimed trademark is the look of the product itself, there is some doubt about validity...

Can I sell branded items of shoes I own on my own website??

First sale and/or trademark exhaustion permit you to resell authentic goods. Don't say more than you need to accurately identify the goods.

It's fairly universal that in order to sue you must have suffered actual injury. Articulate what monetary value you lost and see.