You own the copyright to the photo from the moment you took it. Registering it is needed in order to take them to court for it, but you own the...

UI can indeed be protected by copyright, as well as, in some cases, trade dress. Will it get you in trouble? It depends on how similar it is, how...

Unfortunately, prior art searches are expensive. This is because the ones that are done well take time. There are businesses that will do them for...

To be honest, this isn't really as much a trademark question as a business strategy one, with a lot depending on your personal future...

The backlog on trademark applications is currently 6 (six) months before it gets assigned to an examiner. You're then looking at another month to...

As others have said, it really depends on what exactly went public and in what way. Did what went live on the website show of the features that...

Unfortunately, this is not specific enough to really be able to give you a clear answer. A single phrase is not usually protected by copyright...

Unfortunately, people online often think that saying that something is "inspired" by something that is protected by copyright or trademark gets...

Generally speaking, taking pictures outside of a store (meaning, in public, where there is no presumption of privacy or confidentiality) is ok....

I agree with Atty. Brezina that it SOUNDS like you used an invention promotion company. These sometimes outsource patenting, and other times just...