Do I need any licensing to provide a free, online service ?

If you are offering to procure or procuring employment as actors in the State of California, you need a Talent Agents license. If you are casting...

I'm a director of a company. Another director gave me their raw video & audio, and I created the final videos for sale. Who IP?

Sounds like the copyrights are owned jointly. The parties contributed copyrightable content with the intentions that their respective contributions...

In a trademark application for my band, should I specify two different classes for audio recordings?

One Class 9 registration should be sufficient. Nobody buys sheet music anymore so very little would be gained for filing in different classes. 9...

Bands typically register in 3 International Classes of Goods: Class 9 for distribution of CDs and pre-recorded electronic media, Class 41 for...

Yes, it may seem surprising, but when you are in a private-public place, they can make their own rules. Of course they should provide proper notice...

Altered references to other stories and characters?

One of the exclusive rights of copyright is the right to prepare derivative works. A simple definition of a derivative work is a work "based on or...

Do I have to shut down my 10-yr website, as someone is saying they've Trademarked (a portion) of my website domain name??

Sounds like you may have an excellent defense. Trademark disputes are very fact-intensive. Do you have evidence that you were using the domain URL...

It depends on the definition of gross receipts in the management contract. But generally you only commission your clients gross receipts. Not money...

Good question. Really poorly written terms. 3.2 is explicit in stating that HireVue and Company own all right, title and interest to the Content....

Can a phrase be called a poem in order to be copyrighted?

The registration creates a presumption of copyright validity and ownership. Unless the "poem" lacks all creativity. You are probably infringing.