Manufacturers will pay to prosecute and royalties for utility patents, but not design patents?

Because design patents are much easier to design around than utility patents.

The designer/creator is presumed to be the copyright owner of the work, absent any employment or other contracts. If an independent contractor...

Since you are already working with a patent attorney, your question is best addressed by that patent attorney. Nonetheless, to answer your...

This type of disputes are normally governed by private agreements. According to what you've described, it looks like you own the number prior to...

Can I commercialize someone else's WordPress plugin under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991?

The quick answer is yes, you can commercialize it, so long as you are releasing your own code under the same license and you comply with other...

What is the procedure to imitate a non fictitious character in a film?

Your question pertains to "right of publicity" or "personality right". Such right arises from tort theory and are created by state common law or...

Is it possible to put a patent on a web application idea?

After the recent Supreme Court decision in Alice v. CLS Bank (decided June 2014), software/web related inventions are now facing a much higher...

How can I patent and present an idea?

First off, automobile industry is very conservative. It often takes years before an auto company would even talk with you on any feature developed...

How can I tell if a patent is retired?

The better question is "how can I tell if a patent is EXPIRED?" A patent issued from an application filed on or afterJune 8, 1995 has a 20-years...

How can I patent an idea ?

While you do not need to build a prototype before your idea is patentable, you would at least need to come up with some sort of design schematics...