The above answer is a good one. To get an opinion focused on your facts, put together a "bibliography" for the images you want to use, including...

How would I go about using a song for my movie?

If the rapper has used the traditional business model there could be a publisher and/or performance rights organization. At least for the...

It's probably not worth it, for $800. They likely didn't care about your invention, only your money. Unless something was published, you could...

I'm filing a dismissal in Federal District Court for failure to state a claim in a copyright infringement case. There are two?

I appeared in Federal Court in the Central District of California one time. The Judge's rules said the lead attorney had to be there for the...

It would probably be a copyrightable sculpture (if three dimensional) or graphic work. It might be capable of being in a design patent.

The reason those people "don't get in trouble" is because they haven't been caught by someone who wants to sue them. Copying (downloading) and...

I'm wondering what/if any permission I need to sell photographs I take of public places in my hometown?

In addition to the ads and logos, be careful about including things like sculptures, which are copyrightable, and identifiable people, who could...

Can an individual who wrote me a computer code and gave it to me to use, sue me for sharing it with another contractor?

The Author of computer code owns the copyright. It sounds like you had a license to use it (express or implied) but if it was copyrightable code,...

How small entity patents evolve to large entities and the process.

The status you describe would seem to only relate to the filing fees at the time things are filed. File and pay the fees at the time you file. If...

It doesn't sound like something prohibited by section 2 of the Federal trademark law, but I'd wonder if a caution symbol could be regulated by...