Someone needs to retain a lawyer to look into this. You mention proprietary information. Lawyers have a duty to keep things confidential so...

(1) Copying a portion of a video would raise copyright infringement questions -- that's a right that could be owned by the producer of the original...

Can't tell. If "SameWord" = "OutdoorEquipment" the result could be different than if "SameWord" = "CoinedWord". And it would be different if...

Not sure what you mean by "feedback" but if you haven't paid them, don't. Check out the Federal Trade Commission page for "invention marketers"...

No. If anything it could have the opposite effect, either admitting you copied from them, or the presence of their mark causing initial interest...

You say you have a written agreement with "clauses on intellectual property indicating that creations during employment are company owned." I'm...

Don't make a legal conclusion based on whether or not everyone on Etsy has been caught yet. If the fashion trademark is featured in a way that...

Avvo is a public board, so not a good place to post actual facts or have a legal opinion posted. Best to use the "find a lawyer" feature and...

Nominative fair use requires "First, the product or service in question must be one not readily identifiable without use of the trademark;...

Probably, if those are all the facts. Legal questions are always decided based on the facts unique to each case and the law. The general rule...