Patent Infringement Legal Advice (149 found)

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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...
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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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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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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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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As already noted, a process patent or trade secret protection are your two...
Ronald K. Phillips
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Two possiblities come to mind: process patent and trade secret. To protect...
Dana Howard Shultz
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Here are two situations where what you have heard could be true: (1) When...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Read a few books that directly address this subject and then make up your own...
Kurt Van Thomme
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
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Can I be sued for patent infringement if my musical instrument part slightly...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Super advice already given. It is so inexpensive to register in the states...
Maurice N Ross
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You should file a Federal trademark application with the United States Patent...
Karen Dana Oster
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What a patent "covers" is determined by the "claims" of the patent. These are...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Search engine technologies (including algorithms) have been patent protected...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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No one can answer your question w/o evaluating the phrase that's registered as...
Pamela Koslyn
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As noted, virtually all trademark infringement questions are answered on Avvo...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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As noted by Mr. Wahab, trademark rights arise only through the use of the mark -...
Kaiser Wahab
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Federal trademark rights tend to override state trademarks, if they are senior...
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Steven Alan Fink
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Yes, with full disclosure that it is waiting approval and the warning that it...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Sure. What you're selling is a patent application -- not a patent. If the...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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As Ms. Koslyn notes, whether you can combine two products and sell the result...
Pamela Koslyn
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No rightsholder will give you permission to re-sell their product combined with...
Pamela Koslyn
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Does this other user have a trademark? Do you have one? All you've mentioned...
Kaiser Wahab
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As a threshold matter domain names can and do infringe the trademark rights of...
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Steven L. O'Donnell
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The time it takes to get something on the market depends on a number of...
Gerry J. Elman
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Before we can talk about an "issued" patent, let's be sure we're on the same...
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Kurt Van Thomme
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The below does not constitute legal advice, does not form an attorney-client...
Steven L. O'Donnell
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I might be reading too much into your question, but it sounds to me as though...

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