I need advice on trademark infringement regarding using a trademarked word in a book I am writing

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Can I use pictures of amature golfers found on the internet for an advertisement

Not lawfully.

Trademarks filed in type form?

The rule is that a federal registration covers all font styles of a word (or number) mark if the registration granted was for a non-stylized font. ...

The direct answer to your question is that the Trademark Office will examine the first-filed application -- be it the 1(b) application or the 1(a)...

Trademark...State vs Federal

The California Secretary of State does not "examine" trademark applications to determine if the applied-for marks are registerable. So long as the...

I invented a new product that is related to a improvement on a existing product - the Philips Sonicare toothbrush.

Kurt has provided you with an excellent answer. In addition to speaking with an intellectual property attorney, there is no downside in doing...

If i leave my sunglasses behind the counter of a bar for protection and they turn up missing, is the bar liable?

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Is it illegal to distribute a freeware computer game that is based on a popular board game?

You cannot lawfully distribute (for free or otherwise) a computer game that is "based on" another game because the owner of the copyright in the...

I have the solutions to many school books.Can I make a copy of them in Excel or Word Document file and sell them?

If you wrote the solutions yourself, then yes. If not, no. Whoever wrote the solutions owns their copyright (or the company that hired the person...

Question is related to drawings for provisional patent

It is almost never a good idea for a non-patent attorney to file a patent application -- not a provisional one and most certainly not a...