I bought a domain name and was told by another company that the name is trademarked, can I get in trouble?

Yes you could get in trouble.your domain name is not a trademark. You should not build your business using someone else's trademark.

I owned a service mark that is now labeled as dead. Can I reactivate it?

Hello Cleveland! Yes but you will have to file a new application.

Not sure what your "recap" video would include, but even if all you are doing is reciting the plot, it could constitute copyright infringement. In...

Do I need to sue a business partner/ co-producer to recoup earnings that were never paid to me?

Sounds like litigation is a distinct possibility. Check your contract(s), identity and locate the wrongdoer, and consult an entertainment law...

So if my grandmother owns a Picasso given to her by her grandfather, can I reproduce that into lithographs?

The Picasso Estate and ARS are pretty vigilant about asserting the Estate's copyrights under French, Spanish, and US law. There are also moral...

If I have a tagline that I want no one else to be able to use, is that consider copyrighting or trademarking?

If you are already using the tagline in actual commerce and no one else has a similar mark, you already have a trademark. Congratulations! Consult...

You are NOT making a parody of the song or the recording so you are NOT protected by the fair use provisions in section 107 of the Copyright Act....

There are many legal problems associated with what you are describing: If you copy something off the Internet you are probably 1) committing...

Trademark rights are acquired by adopting a name, logo or other "indicia" of source or origin of goods or services when they acquire "secondary...

Individually or together. In color or black and white. With special typeface or in standard font. It depends on what the mark(s) is/are. Consult a...