Is there a country where I should not hire work-from-home employees if I want to protect my new business' trade secret?

There are a number of factors that go into trade secret protection. One factor is whether you exercised industry-standard means of controlling and...

Right now? Document everything as best you can, including who contributed what. If a patent ends up issuing from what you are working on, then...

Should I use the Ford new invention idea online form.?

If you are so sure that you want Ford to use it, and only Ford, that you are willing to risk giving it away for free and retaining no ownership,...

It really varies widely. You should talk to a number of attorneys, discuss their experience, their rates, and the thoroughness that they use. I...

There are likely copyright and trademark issues at play (especially for recognizable characters). While you could try to get a license, personal...

US Patent

There are a lot of contractual matters at play here, as others have suggested. The first thing is to have any agreements that you have in place...

Update to my question: I just received a letter from patent office of an electronic posting. Can I now sue for infringement?

Please see the responses that we gave previously. They are still relevant here. If you received a notice of publication, then you filed a...

If you filed a Provisional patent application, and did not follow up with a Non-Provisional, then I am not clear what happened here. A Provisional...

I want to patent an item that already exists to be used in a different way. Where do I start

You should speak to an experienced patent attorney confidentially, and discuss the details or your new use. Generally speaking, one cannot patent...

IF your changes/modifications/additions to what was previously disclosed (in this case, the patent you mention) are found to be novel and...