State or Federal? If Federal, you don't sue for infringement of a trademark, you sue for unauthorized use or taking. I practice at the US Court...

Trademark Infringement (lanham act). Please see question below as there isn't enough room to put it here. thanks

If they are persistent, they will recognize the mistake and sue the right company, even if it requires an investigator's assistance and a new suit....

Is it a problem with trademark violation to have a very similar name to a known trademark website with a complete different look

You misunderstand the test for trademark infringement. It's not whether the marks are likely to be confused (here they quite likely are, I think),...

We reside in western New York and run a very small marketing/advertising company as a sole proprietorship. We sold advertising

See a NY contract attorney, as the wording of your contract and your ability to obtain a substitute restaurant placement for the placemats in a...

Website design credits

The article you reference is from the UK where there is a doctrine of moral rights more extensive than that in the USA. The article does NOT make...

A friend of mine is facing a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Can you tell me what kind of penalty that carries?

AVVO, see what a mess you create by not letting us recategorize any longer.

There is a new i pad game useing my online name called KAZONG i have been with this name for more tha 12 years long before i-pad

Sorry, but your online handle is not a trademark. You likely have no case. It appears from a quick TESS search that the producers of this new game...

If someone has a ton of pictures on a online public site like a facebook and are not copyright protected ...

WRONG, they ARE copyright protected. 17 USC 102 They might not be registered, but they could quickly become registered and then you could get...

I have a television game idea. I would like to know what is the appropriate way to protect it -- copyright or patent.

Likely neither. The game concept will not be protectable by copyright, only the particular expression of it as fixed in a tangible medium of...

Settlement on distribution without authorization of owner

Well, you got yourself in a melluvahess. You need to hire an attorney ASAP to try to negotiate this down to a lower amount. Your potential...