Patent and trademarks for Designing

What you can actually protect formally in the realm of fashion depends. Patent is almost always irrelevant, but in some cases it might make sense....

I got a cease and desist letter saying i have 10 days to take down my website i made to expose a local fraud... all of it true.

At this point you need some proper advice before taking any action. All the facts should be discussed and this of course is not the place to so...

I’m making a short film for the New Orleans film festival. How should I go about getting my film copyrighted?

Any original creative expression will be covered by copyright law automatically. Then you register the work with the US Copyright Office so to...

I received a copyright infringement letter. Is this still my fault?

Ultimately, the webmaster will be responsible for what is posted to their site. The copyright owners will almost never seek to go after the person...

Using another's product as a component of your own happens all the time and is generally not a problem. But taking another's complete product then...

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I've been working on a small clothing line but someone has a very similar name offering the exact product. Can I still use it?

You need to get a proper clearance done, obviously you can't get this kind of specific advice from a free and public Q&A platform and never in the...

If I'm writing a story, and I want to depict the name of a company but not use their actual name, can I change one letter?

Depending on the commentary within your work you may not need to change anything and no South Park very likely did not get permission to use what...

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Can I take three different products and put it together to make a new product. is this legal

You already received some good insights. As noted, the answer is "maybe." It could be an issue from either the patent side or trademark side but...

Do foreign trademark applications on the USPTO require specimen?

There should be a specimen provided if the mark is registered. If the mark is filed under a 1(b) intent to use then only the drawing would have...

Can text messages, instead of paper and ink, be used to make a mutual agreement contract.

Whether text messages can form a binding contract the answer is yes of course so long as it meets the criteria and the intentions of the parties...