Save your documentation. Take them back for a refund. This isn't an intellectual property issue.

What can be done to get the deserved credit in a scientific manuscript and win over an authorship dispute?

If you were an employee when you did your research you need to look at your employment agreement. Chances are that a research institution has a...

No definite answer can be provided, especially on a specific infringement question on a public site. To be enforceable, it would have to be an...

The best we can say is "maybe." It sounds like it is fair comment on a particular cultural icon, but if you cross the line into something...

Whether the company has a patent is completely irrelevant to infringement. Infringement occurs by making, using, selling or importing a product on...

You say "in the uk" but your city is New York. Law in the UK may be different than in the US.

No one here can tell you that it would not be copyright infringement. It is hard to say for sure if you could prove a fair use defense. If it is...

The answer above is a good one. Important, though, will be to look at the claims. I have patented for clients electronic devices with claims that...

Creating an energy bar company legal issues?

You should have a trademark lawyer do a search and give you an opinion. You can do a "free" search, but unless there is a direct hit "no go"...

I want to hire a software company with its HQ in US, but the development team is overseas. Is NDA valid?

The above answers are good ones. If there's a US presence the US jurisdiction is probable, but if all the assets are overseas that may be...