"Desk research" [whatever the heck that means other than perhaps NOT good legal research] is a dangerous thing. That is why you are here, isn't it?...

Trademarking my image and likeness after being used by someone else...

You need to get an attorney and soon. You have relatively strong rights of publicity in California. In Sacremento, you might contact Stephen Davis...

While a volunteer moderator on an online forum, I authored some tutorials. Have I lost my copyrights to my own work?

Another horror story on how not to proceed. This one shows the stupidity of signing away rights without consulting an attorney. And, the folly and...

Can I take a request from a customer to paint a trademarked image on a pair of canvas shoes and get paid for them ?

You can, and any one of us could sue you for doing it if the trademark owner asked us to do so. It is trademark infringement to label product...

TTAB: Is a claim of secondary meaning under 2(f) in an interrogatory response an admission of descriptiveness?

That is an incorrect statement of the law. A filing under 2(f) is NOT an admission of descriptiveness, it is an assertion of distinctiveness due to...

I need a patent how do obtain one

What you need is an Intellectual Property lawyer handling this protection rather than you. You don't even know the right legal terminology, let...

What are the best methods to legally protect a sporting event's owner's interest?

It's a servicemark you mainly want to register. You want to set up some business entity, perhaps charitable non-profit, to limit personal...

Someone has copied my food product and I need to know what, if anything, can I do about it?

You don't mention any intellectual property rights that you own, such as a utility or design patent, trademark or servicemark, or trade secret...

We've been selling a product for over a year before we considered getting a patent for it. Is there any recourse we could take?

Yes, there is something you can do. Improve the product in a non-obvious useful way that gives a commercial advantage that others will want or...

Do i use a copyright or a trademark for a book name and a quote? thanks

Trademark protection. But not for "a book" name, only for a series of books. See one I did for my son....