Legal issues using brand names in a book?

Trademark infringement and libel are your concerns. Nominative use is a possible defense against trademark infringement and truth is a probable...

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Looking to start a tutoring company. Looking for advice .

Very strange. Sure sounds like a law school question when you ask for legal issues rather than ask for an attorney or if you need an attorney.. I...

Is there a Patent Infringement Attorney out there who would be willing to take a look at my potential case confidentially?

Yes, I would look. You are wise not to disclose much on a website like this. Once I look at that "all info" you have in that "quick email", I can...

Entrepreneur looking for an attorney. Please address legal issues you see in the details in your answer.

Appears to be a law student question. If you are really an dental marketing website package provider, you would know you have at least the...

Can an author use a picture and describe me inaccurately in text?

Insufficient facts. If the picture was by the author of the book or the publisher then there is likely no copyright violation. If the picture was...

I am a co-inventor of a product subject to a design patent, and the other inventor filed only in his name. What can I do?

What you can do is see a patent attorney and, if you are correct and, after being properly advised by that patent attorney you decided to persist...

Trademarks explained

What that means usually is that one company can take as their own a term created by another and adopt it as a trademark provided the other party...

Would this fall under the Lanham Act as false advertisement for a Video Game advertised on Steam?

No, that is not a Trademark Act claim, it is a consumer complaint under either UCC or fraud statutes. See a business lawyer.

Non compete Clause without intellectual property to protect?

We cannot answer you based on just the clause, we have to have the context. Generally 2 years would be considered a reasonable time period for a...

Book about a celebrity

Yes, provided you are honest about it and do so falsely imply any endorsement of the book by the celebrity. You will have a host of other issues,...