Can I sell a book with pictures of products that other companies sell?

As long as you are using your own photos, there is nothing wrong with this. Do not use someoen else's photo without first obtaining written...

Provisional patent application

Provisional patent applications are more critical than many people realize, even though they do not get examined and do not result in patents. In...

Can I get a NDA for a new sharing-economy app/website start-up similar to Airbnb?

A nondisclosure agreement signed prior to disclosing your idea is helpful, but is also imperfect protection, since anything developed independently...

How can I protect my logos, videos, poems, music, images, painter, or other ideas as a youtuber poet artist...etc?

The most critical point to add to the good answers you have already received is that copyright registration is critical to your copyright having...

As others have indicated, if your combination is novel, (no one has used it before), nonobvious (one skilled in the art and familiar with all...

A utility patent is infringed by a device that includes each and every feature listed within at least one claim, regardless of what other features...

I owned a service mark that is now labeled as dead. Can I reactivate it?

As long as there are no intervening users of a confusingly similar mark, you could file a new application to register the trademark. However, you...

Can i safely expose (share) my original song to music publishers and others during the copyright submission process?

You are completely correct to ensure that you have a registration date prior to submitting your song. Infringement of a registered copyright...

Should I also submit the "PA" copyright form to protect my song?

Ideally for music, I prefer to submit both the sheet music and a sound recording. However, the sound recording should provide good coverage.

If you found the name on the USPTO website, then that would mean that an application for registration has been filed in the US, or that the mark is...