Hi, a music company called sistrum recording has been using one of my photo for the cover of there vinyl without my permission.

If they are infringing your valid copyright then you should be able to recover some form of damages assuming that other legal criteria are in...

To be safe, you should avoid using the trademark in the domain name and stick to using the trademark for identification purposes only. It is fair...

Anything seahawks is a huge hit. if a free logo is found, can we use for resale

I'm not sure what you mean by "free"...but any commercial use of the Seahawks logo will be trademark (and copyright) infringement. You will need a...

Can a Chinese company sue another Chinese company in USA for infringing its Chinese trademark ?

There must be some U.S.-based activity related to your claim. If all the allegedly illegal activity is entirely occurring in China and does not...

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Creating an LLC, corporation, or entity type, help with the protection of a provisional patent?

I would only add to the above advice that a provisional patent application is not truly a "patent" and will not offer any rights unless it is...

Does US law allow the sale of a toy of a branded real product?

As to #3....you must do your best to confirm that the manufacturer is indeed licensed, because if they are not, you can be held liable even if they...

Can i re-purpose something and get a patent for it?

New applications of existing products/technology can certainly be patented, but they are subject to the same requirements as other patents i.e....

Is it illegal to copy someone's web buttons?

As a rule, you should never "copy" anything verbatim, because the bar for copyright protection is low and it simply looks bad. At minimum, you...

How thorough do we need to be when looking for publishers of old gospel songs from early 1900s to use in a film?

With respect to the song or original recording itself (and not some later recording of it), works before 1923 are in the public domain and can be...

As to the tedious nature of the work, I think you will find private practice (e.g. working for a law firm or eventually on your own) to be more...