Various rules related to extensions of time are shown at the link below: https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s710.html If you are not...

Can someone claim a country or region as a trademark?

Generally, geographic significance of a mark may be grounds for refusing U.S. trademark registration on the principal register, however, a term...

What do i need to do?

If you have an invention you may want to file for a U.S. patent. It is important to keep your potentially patentable invention confidential and...

I’m creating drinks for a bar, can I name these drinks after celebrity music artists from the city the drinks would be consumed?

Generally, if you use someone's name for commercial purpose you may be liable for violating their right of publicity. You should discuss with...

You may be able to file for a copyright registration related to a design. If you use, for example, a word, phrase, symbol and/or design that...

Generally, evidence of long felt unsolved needs may be helpful to overcome an obviousness rejection. However, generally is not enough to say...

The company that previously owned the patent may have assigned the rights to someone else. You should discuss with an intellectual property...

Can someone 'blanket' trademark hundreds of items under a similar theme and have protection for all of them?

If, for example, one files an intent to use U.S. trademark application, related to a description of goods/services one needs to make a sworn...

I own a backdrop company. Everybody wants Disney.. are the ears copyrighted?

Generally, copyright occurs when a work having a modicum of creativity is fixed in a tangible medium of expression, although registration is...

Royalties

At least as far as U.S. Copyright law under 17 USC 120: "(a) Pictorial Representations Permitted.—The copyright in an architectural work that...