What is the process to trademarking a brand name?

There's good information on the US Patent and Trademark Office website. You can do it yourself, but if you get it wrong it might cost more for an...

Can I go after a gas station that is using my trademark and design?

If you are permitting someone else to use your trademark without your permission you can lose rights to enforce it. Related is that if you permit...

Can you search by "application status" in the TEAS or TTABVUE?

I think TTABVUE has options for type of case and if it's pending. TESS has a Live/Dead field. Did you look?

Can I call my band a name that is being used by another band in Norway? Or a name that is being used by a large non-profit?

It depends on the word, including how it appears and sounds and what, if anything, it means. How many other users will make a difference. If the...

You'd probably need to compare and contrast each University's technology transfer policies. There will be international aspects. A US applicant...

Identity is not the standard. It's whether they are so similar as to be likely to cause confusion.

Maybe. There was also a right of publicity case over a race car number. A lot would depend on what is used, what is registered and context....

And is there loop hole around it if i wanted to make this type an app? and whats the legal impact if i do this?

It's not at all clear what you are intending to do. If we assume there is human written code then we can assume that it is copyrighted. If it's...

It's not "intellectual property made before 1923" it's copyright before 1923. You're asking about trademarks and trademark rights go on as long as...

Judges like to have copies of cited authorities. Sometimes it's even mandatory. Cases are not evidence, though. Evidence shows facts, not...