Can I file a lawsuit against a photograhy site for unauthorized selling of a photo of my daughter?

Likely yes, although the particulars matter. For example, under what agreement was your 3 year old photographed. Perhaps you signed a release...

Do I need to copyright characters before publishing them?

Yes to both. Yes they will be protected without registration and yes you need to register them with the US Copyright Office. Under 17 USC 102...

I have registered business name since 2009, but recently found another business with the same name. What are my options.

Your options are: 1) see an IP lawyer and have this studied so you can get proper advice and do what is needed legally, which may be to sue the...

Do I need the permission of a company to place gold stickers with their seal onto awards they issue online?

Of course you need their permission to issue certificates in their name. What on earth possesses you to think otherwise? You are in way over your...

How much would it cost to set up/register a trademark ? And could a lawyer in Jacksonville could present on the topic

"Humble lawyer" is an oxymoron. A "humble superb lawyer" is even more internally inconsistent, although in fact, superb lawyers often do not have...

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The risk likely depends on the ability of the software vendor to detect from the songs that they were made on pirated software. My presumption is...

I have a clothing item with lead shielding in it. It will be used in the x-ray department. do i need a trademark or a copyright?

You don't get a copyright for functional items. You might get a patent, probably just a design patent, and for selling purposes you certainly would...

Selling "Fan Made" items of copyrighted characters

NO, like "tribute", "replica", "fan fiction", "commemorative", and the myriad other self-serving synonyms used for attempts at justification of...

Is it okay to use book quotes in an original song/composition?

I think this is likely a self-serving bunch of hooey. Your goal in uploading the quotes in song is to promote your own self, not the book....

Youtube blocked a video I made because it has copyright music in it. How big of a risk is it to claim Fair Use to unblock it?

I think that is self-serving BS, frankly. A family reunion video posting on YouTube is not "educational purposes", it is a public distribution of a...

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