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If a product has both utility patent and design patent, is it true that design patent would always expire first?
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Answered on May 29, 2015
The term of design patents is 15 years for any filed now (it is 14 for any filed before last month). Utility patents have a term of 20 years. So if...
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What are my intellectual property rights as a business owner to content created by an employee?
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Answered on May 28, 2015
Work created by an employee as part of employment is considered to be created by the employer. The employer owns the work and the copyright in it....
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Is my employer violating the terms of my employment when they sell/trade my original content?
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Answered on May 28, 2015
You probably have no recourse, because the terms of your employment very likely assign copyright in anything you create for your employer to the...
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I let a guy deposit checks into my bank account, now I have reason to believe that the checks were fraudulent. What should I do?
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Answered on May 28, 2015
Cancel the debit cards. Remove his authority to access your account. Change the account settings back. Go tell your bank what happened - you'll be...
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I have a question about logo infringement and a company using my logo with out my consent.
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Answered on May 27, 2015
It's unlikely you can receive any compensation or awards for the school district using your logo. You probably did consent to their use of it by...
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Potential conflict with patent not granted yet
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Answered on May 27, 2015
You need to speak with a patent attorney about what your webtool, and you intended app if different, does, and whether it reads on the claims of...
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Can I scan a magazine onto a CD for my own personal use. It would not be for sale or copying for others?
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Answered on May 27, 2015
Yes, if you do this only for personal use, it is allowed. Don't ever distribute any of the copies - not for free, not to even one friend- or it...
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Does this count as a Trademark infringement? or is the complainant wrong?
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Answered on May 27, 2015
Whether there is trademark infringement depends on what the marks are registered for, what other trademark rights they have if any, what you're...
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Do i need an entertainment. lawyer or corporate
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Answered on May 27, 2015
You need to speak with your own IP attorney in private. Don't discuss the facts further in public as you may pursue settlement or litigation.
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I want to hire someone to build the app for me but am worried a developer could steal my idea. What do i need to prevent this?
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Answered on May 27, 2015
You need an IP attorney to write a NDA that includes 1) invention assignment provisions, 2) an obligation to cooperate in perfecting your rights...
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