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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Lots of ambiguities and left-out facts in your question. I'm going to...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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In addition to the information already provided, I think the simply answer to...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Jeff and William have already provided you with really good information. As...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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the important thing to appreciate in this circumstance is that just because the...
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Patrick Duffy Richards
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You can infringe a US patent by making, using, selling, offering to sell or...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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At the risk of putting too fine a point on the matter, you simply have no idea...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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There's much in your question that I don't understand. The gist, I think, is...
Stephen Thomas Scherrer
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True - if the product is for home personal use, then it may or may not infringe...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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No one in the distribution chain (manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler,...
Pamela Koslyn
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A cease and desist letter from a well-known company that clearly has the...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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You need to hire a patent attorney to engage in a "freedom to operate" opinion....
Patrick Duffy Richards
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Mr. Ballard's answer above is very good. Your patent attorney is going to be...
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Ronald Anthony Sarno
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I do not know if you have a viable defense or not. I would certainly confer...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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It's pretty typical for the party that's writing the agreement to "bias" it a...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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On the surface, your change sounds like it sufficiently distinguishes your...
Patrick Duffy Richards
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Your question is fact specific and a full qualified analysis would be required...
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Pamela Koslyn
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It's best to get a personal referral from someone you know who's actually hired...
Boris Umansky
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Notice: The below is for educational and informational purposes only, is not a...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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There's no getting around the fact that, since you now know of the patent, you...
Sanjin Mutic
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If this is a business interest for you. Hire an attorney to draft do an...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Your patent grants you the exclusive right to make, use, sell, and import any...
Stephen Thomas Scherrer
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Without knowing what the particular business process is, it is difficult to...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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The only way to determine if your method is patentable is to have a patent...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Buy the book Patent It Yourself from amazon.com and read it -- not so you can...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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In addition to the information already provided there are a couple of points to...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
Pamela Koslyn
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It's very possible that a trademark examiner would find that the two names are...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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I join the chorus. If you mark your product "patent pending," however, be real...
Timothy Mark Donoughue
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Yes, as it is factually true. Of course, be sure not to say or imply that a...
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...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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You wrote: We, as company D, would like to make a different product in a...
Pamela Koslyn
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You've asked a similar question before, both times asking about trade secrets....
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

You're asking the wrong questions. The issue is whether you may lawfully...
Pamela Koslyn
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This doesn't sound like a good business venture. You can't market your product...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Contributor Level 7

Unlikely, but maybe. (How's that for another way of saying "it depends?")...
David Alexander Browde
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It's impossible to answer this accurately without more information and a...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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As already noted, a process patent or trade secret protection are your two...
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Two possiblities come to mind: process patent and trade secret. To protect...

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