How do I obtain permission to use copyrighted photographs for commercial use? How do I know which are copyrighted?

The answer is that YOU don't, you see someone who knows how to do that. We call that person a copyright attorney or entertainment attorney. The...

What rights or licenses do I need to use music in a parody video?

Yes. You need permission from the owner of the copyright on the musical composition to be safe. There is a fair use argument you might make, but...

Federal District Court to cancel a trademark

YOU don't do it, you see someone who know the answer. Avvo is not a recipe for avoiding a lawyer it is for finding a lawyer to hire. The answers...

False Copyright Infringement Case and removal of work from ebook stores

This highlights why savvy writers use a copyright attorney, so they don't get all fouled up like this. You just need to file a DMCA...

Trademark infringement

YES. http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/abandonment_of_trademark See 15 U.S.C. § 1127, which defines abanoment as follows: A mark shall be deemed...

Is it infringement if you alter the trademark patch of the American Legion Riders by blacking out the Post name & number?

You don't need a lawyer, you need an official of the American Legion to order them to stop this deception. If the Legion does not care enough to...

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Trademark cancellation proceeding before USPTO

We already answered you and now you have it backwards? Told you that you were in hopelessly over your head. Get a lawyer before you screw this up...

Does a website have right to block access to copyrighted content they don't own when I have permission from the copyright owner?

It is their site. They are not required to give you the time of day. Some copyright owner can't give you the power to command the website what to...

Can discovery used at cancellation proceeding TTAB be transferred to federal court to cancel the mark

Yes.

Venue for civil lawsuit

Yes a Cancellation is filed in Alexandria, Virginia at the US Patent & Trademark Office, except that YOU don't do that, you get a lawyer to do it...