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Pamela Koslyn
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A trademark examining attorney would likely find your use to be infringing,...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Too close. Pick five new business names, prioritize them, hire a trademark...
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Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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Given that you have stated that there is someone else out there who has a...
Mason Boswell
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Sometimes business solutions are better than legal solutions. Have you tried...
Pamela Koslyn
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Recipes themselves aren't copyrightable, so online recipes aren't giving...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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No, for a couple of reasons. 1) it would be challenging to receive a...
David Hamlin Madden
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Both lenses and frames (either individually or together) may be protected by...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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As an initial matter, company names and specific facts should not be used in...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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No. Our federal and State governments only provide legal counsel to indigent...
Nancy Baum Delain
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Patents are litigated exclusively under federal, not state, jurisdiction. You'd...
Kaiser Wahab
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The foundation of your inquiry should be the actual protectable elements at...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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I don't know what you mean by "non-standard deck" and frankly do not understand...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Seems to me the issue is whether you may lawfully sell a service that automates...
Pamela Koslyn
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Titles of books aren't copyright protected, and neither are facts or ideas, and...
Jeffrey Thekdi Gedeon
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Without having knowledge of your inventive concept and the ability to analyze...
Steven L. O'Donnell
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Without looking at the issued patent and comparing it to your improvements it...
Bernard Samuel Klosowski Jr.
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You are probably in the clear if, among other things, XYZ Corp. has legally "...
Pamela Koslyn
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Are you sure this company no longer exists? You can't rely on a Google search....
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Kaiser Wahab
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There is actually a classic IP case on this very scenario. Having already...
Pamela Koslyn
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You seem to be asking if you should have closed the barn door after letting the...
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Steven Alan Fink
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Unless you signed a written contract containing a covenant not to compete (...
Kaiser Wahab
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Your question essentially asks if by the sheer act of once working for someone...
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Pamela Koslyn
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If you exactly copied someone else's t-shirt design and added a belt to it,...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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Assuming the existing product is patented, it would be an infringement of that...
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Alan James Brinkmeier
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Check with a patent lawyer in your locale to discuss more of the details....
Joseph Matthew Gusmano
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Yes I think we all know that a patent question is best answered by a patent...
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...
Karyn T. Missimer
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Respectfully, the FBI does not charge you with trademark infringement. While...
Jonathan H Levy
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Sounds like a possible counterfeiting rap - you need to hire a criminal defense...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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There are many companies that currently include "gramaphone" or "gramophone" in...
Pamela Koslyn
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Choosing a business name is a big decision, and there are several different...
Daniel Nathan Ballard
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You wrote: Lately, there have been case law problems regarding PPA priority...
Gerry J. Elman
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If a U.S. patent application has gone through the process of getting an Action...
Mario Sergio Golab
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Copyright applies to the expression of an idea, not the the idea itself, and it...
L. Maxwell Taylor
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What a thicket. If you are using major sports teams' logos for commercial...
Ronald David Coleman
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The short answer is that you are very unlikely to be able to "protect" your "...
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Daniel Nathan Ballard
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You're making this issue unnecessarily complicated. You want to buy Product X...
Pamela Koslyn
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Sometimes vendors who supply products to a company can be that company's trade...

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