NO, that would be trademark infringement and copyright infringement. It violates the exclusive rights of the NBA under 17 USC 106 (copyright) and...

There are some possible trademarked names that might run into ours according to legal zoom....

You are already zooming toward legal trouble if you are using Legal Zoom instead of competent legal counsel. In a prior question you already...

Are Non-compete agreements enforceable if a employee is let go due to performance?

Probably, if the non-compete is reasonable in duration, geographical scope and business area. Here is a nice recent article on the subject that...

If a trademark is dead, is it safe to use that name or a name similar?

NO, it is not safe. "Dead" status just means the registration is no longer actively maintained. That "suggests" that the trademark is abandoned,...

Does our organization need permission from an author of a recently published newspaper article to use some of their work?

Probably not if you take only as little as possible to make your review and cast your article in terms of a news commentary. However, you would be...

Rights to photographs we use for web site, cards and sandwich boards. Do we have any recourse other that paying him or not using

You need to see a copyright attorney. The photographer has made a poor choice of words in calling the artwork "commissioned" in a written agreement...

Can we use this domain name and busienss name without legal issues?

My thoughts are: (1) You need to see a trademark attorney and have a clearance search done on TOUCAN, ESCAPES and TOUCAN ESCAPES to see where you...

Do the original Mississippi Mass Choir from Jackson, Mississippi hold legal rights to the wording Mississippi Mass choir

Since they have been using and recording under that name since 1988-1989, and are nationally known, they likely do own the name. Trademark and...

You have a number of misconceptions. "In 2009 Lucasfilm trademarked "droid"" Off by about 25 years. Lucas coined the term "Droid" in the very...

I'm writing an autobiography and would like to avoid getting sued.

Seems to me that you can tell her to go fly a kite. You have done what you should and disguised her and avoided invading her privacy rights. Let...