E-Commerce brand named products

You are permitted to resell any legal lawfully purchased product you want. It is your responsibility to ensure that what you are selling is not...

Trademarking?

It really depends on the name itself, meaning is it just a generic name or something highly descriptive, and whether you are actually using it as a...

TO me this may amount to more of a contract dispute. As noted, it will depend on whether this other party and to what degree has relied on your...

What do I need to know before creating a new hardware gadget for PC games as with regard to patents?

Attorney Ballard offered an great response. Anything that you have concerns about needs to be vetted before making the investment - it's just that...

Copyright and Intellectual Property

Statutory damages can be sought only if the work in question was registered prior to the infringement, or if that infringement occurred within...

I have a trademark. and a company that does not have a trade mark but a similar name.can i shut them down, or charge them fees.

There are, as noted, a number of variables to consider before you would be in the right to send a C&D, which you may be. The goods and services...

I agree with Attorney Ballard. I too am unaware of any place where using a picture in advertising taken from a public place that is not identified...

How do I go about reporting a white collar crime, such as theft of trade secrets & intellectual property (described below)?

I'm really not sure what my colleagues are referring to regards to whistle blowing or any crime. The entity that was violated may have a claim for...

Do I have a trademark infringement ?

You received some good advice. There are a number of things you mention here that lead me to believe that you are not describing use of a trademark...

If someone publishes an image of someone without their consent, how is that related to intellectual property?

It may or may not be an IP issue. If for example you took that image then the copyright interest in it belongs to you. But this does not mean that...