I have a lot of clients who deal with this very issue (including one who is dealing with an overseas manufacturer that is EXTREMELY likely to use...

As Attorney Koslyn mentioned, use of the restaurant's name, even where protected by trademark, would probably be fair use, since you are directly...

You can indeed patent an accessory. In fact, a very large portion of patents are specifically things meant to be used along with an existing...

There are two ways to file a trademark application (well, most commonly). If you are already selling (involved in interstate commerce,...

I agree with all of my colleagues above. The short answer is that you own the copyrights, unless you assigned them to the label. You may have...

Attorney Scarbrough gave you some very good information. Your copyright on what you publish would cover your own words and illustrations. There...

As Attorney Kelly mentioned, it is extremely unlikely that you would be able to patent a recipe for a sauce; that typically requires some extremely...

You would definitely run a strong risk of infringing (or being accused of infringing) both copyrights and trademarks, though you may want to...

We cannot give you formal legal advice on this forum, and we would also need more information to do so. Besides what is in the office action, we...

I have had a number of clients facing the exact same scenario, and, while we cannot give you formal advice on this forum, I can tell you what I...