Read MPEP 608 for the rules. You'll find most attorneys number all the elements in Fig. 1 as 100, 110, 112, 120, etc., and Fig 2 as 200, 202, 204,...

Can a person be held liable for 'giving away' ideas if there are patents on them?

If the ideas are yours, no, there's no liability risk to you in giving them away. (You may give up patentable subject matter, if you have or could...

You should speak with an IP attorney about the demand letters you've gotten. Don't respond on your own (this time or in the future). I recommend...

What are the steps to acquiring patent rights?

Have a new useful non-obvious invention; perform a search to get a sense of what may be patentable about it; work with a patent attorney to prepare...

What is a typical royalty paid to a celebrity to represent a product.

There is no typical endorsement payment - it depends on the celebrity and what they do. And this isn't a legal-advice question: this is business....

I have a photo I took in 10/2013. In August of 2014 I found it used without my permission on 36 sites, 2 blogs, and 2 pornsite.

Speak with a Washington attorney about a DMCA takedown notice, copyright infringement, violation of privacy rights, and other possible claims. If...

Filing lawsuit for not being paid by doing my works on design and editing on books for the author.

I agree with the previous answer: this is a breach of contract issue. Speak with an attorney in the state where the author lives. Discuss the facts...

Who could help me with an infringement suit when I don't have the money for it?

Note that ideas themselves aren't protected by copyright (or patents or trademarks). Copyright protects the expression of an idea fixed is some...

How do i go about getting a product license after i received a cease and desist for a product that uses trademarked characters?

Hire your own attorney and have her/him contact the attorneys who sent the cease & desist to you. Say that you'd like to license, without making...

There's a company name I would like to trademark. But a company already registered this name except mine has a hyphen?

You may be able to register a similar name as a trademark if the goods/services identified by the mark are different enough from the other...