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Mason Boswell
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No, that's the short answer. In addition, an NDA may not protect what you...
Pamela Koslyn
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No, it's not safe. Please see my answer to your other question. You should do...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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You wrote: Lately, there have been case law problems regarding PPA priority...
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Kaiser Wahab
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The first thing you should check and see is whether you had your employee sign...
Robert John Murillo
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This is a complex issue and requires careful review of many more facts than you...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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Once you "wrote" the source code you had a "common law" copyright. However, to...
Kaiser Wahab
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To add to the other post, which absolutely correct, you should be keenly aware...
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Gerry J. Elman
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In most countries, the patent laws do not cover newly invented games, as such....
Sadiq Aziz Ansari
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On first glance, I don't see a patent opportunity here. Getting protection for...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Yes, it's undoubtably reallyy worthwhile to hrie a lawyer to help you. No, a...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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Hiring an attorney won't speed up the initial stages of filing the application...
Robert John Murillo
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The parties should have a thorough distributor agreement. This agreement should...
Pamela Koslyn
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A business entrusting the distribution of their product to another company...
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Lawrence Anthony Baratta Jr.
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To be an inventor of a patent, you had to have contributed to conception of at...
Gerry J. Elman
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By and large, the answers that precede this one touch the right bases. But...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Probably so different that no one could possibly see the similarity or become...
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Based on what you just stated, it appears as if you want to change a message -...
Ronald Anthony Sarno
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There is no cheap way to do this. Applications are made to the US Patent...
Patrick Duffy Richards
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The quickest, easiest and least expensive way to obtain a patent is going to...
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Pamela Koslyn
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Trademark application fees to the USPTO are non-refundable, and about half of...
Boris Umansky
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Notice: The below is for educational and informational purposes only, is not a...
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Sadiq Aziz Ansari
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Keep in mind that all claims of an application are usually rejected at first,...
Mason Boswell
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It sounds like you have already found the file history at the Patent Office....
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Glenn M. Lyon
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Hire a patent attorney. If you would like to discuss any issues further,...
Stephen Thomas Scherrer
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If you are still looking for an answer, the best course of action, as noted...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Query: " ... so how do I determined if I have infringed on someone else...
Pamela Koslyn
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As noted by my colleagues, your software will be accepted by the Copyright...
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Kurt Van Thomme
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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It is almost never a good idea for a non-patent attorney to file a patent...
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Pamela Koslyn
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First, copyrights don't protect products or ideas, they protect expressions of...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Query: If I publish and start selling the pieces, does the fact that I already...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
Craig Andrew Redinger
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To supplement Mr. Ballard's comments, it is important that you determine who...
Kurt Van Thomme
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
Mario Sergio Golab
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If the first publication occurred six month ago, then the inventor has up to...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Terminology is very important. I'm not at all sure that what you've described...
Pamela Koslyn
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There are specific rules about operating "contests" in CA regarding disclosures,...
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Craig Andrew Redinger
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For an invention to be patentable, it must be novel and non-obvious in light of...
Dylan O Adams
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It is not entirely correct that you cannot patent an “idea.” Generally,...

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