Who is the true owner of a domain name when Whois privacy services are used to register the name?

I think you're getting confused between nominal and the anonymizing service is the nominal owner, but beneficial ownership lies with the beneficial...

Self-publishing a joke book for sale. 100% original material. A few jokes have real company names in them. Is this Fair Use?

Probably, since the examples you give are nominative use and are of trade names rather than trademarks since the uses refer simply to the...

Can I give a non-commercial software application (published in a scientific journal) the same name as an existing company? What

You received a really great answer from attorney Elman. The specific names involved must be known to give any specific actionable advice and that...

I want to use an Image from a Disney movie to create a product. Should I contact Disney first to get copyright permission?

Yes to all 3 questions. But you are unlikely to get the license unless you can meet extremely high minimums.

Can a movie theater sell VIP passes to play any DVD movie they have purchased

Please, don't double post. It wastes our time.

Dating website review

That is the tip of the iceberg. See http://www.avvo.com/legal-guides/ugc/checklist-for-starting-a-website

Creating a website for college students

Only perhaps a hundred other things. Here is a link to my legal guideline for some of...

If you have a life expectancy of less then one year and die with a pending case of copyright infringement, is the case closed?

Yes, an Estate can infringe a copyright and can be liable for infringements during the life of the deceased. Why would you think otherwise? Were it...

You have many misconceptions if you think that is going to be legal. Certainly we can say there is legal risk in doing that, UNLESS you see an IP...

You can chill out or you can self-stress. You can evaluate your options reasonably or not. Unless what happened in NY didn't stay in NY, this was a...