Best way for a software start-up to approach patents while marketing an innovative product?

You can do your own patent searching at www.google.com/patents -- that is a good place to start. You can file your own provisional, but...

Provisional patent application?

I suggest doing your best to write a provisional patent application, and then bring it to a patent attorney or patent agent to review. If you've...

I'm trying to trademark and copyright a game I am working on so that no one tries to register the titles I am using and sue me.

You can also patent some games. Don't overlook patenting the method of play. For example, check out this...

How do I patent my idea?

You can write your own provisional patent application, and then ask lawyers how much it would cost to bring it up to speed. For example, sometimes...

I'm leasing with a girl who I cannot stand. I know she has a fake ID and buys alcohol for herself and others. What can I do?

You asked your question in the wrong legal forum. You want real estate and/or landlord/ tenant I believe.

Sometimes you can patent the combo of two things. I highly recommend getting a patent attorney or patent agent to check on the status of the...

You can do both. The patent will protect the concept, and the trademark will protect the name or logo for both that you associate with the...

Can you patten something you didn't make but itsnt pattend from the original maker

You might be able to improve the invention, and you could patent the improvement.

Does this represent a patented product here---

The publication is not a granted patent, but merely a publication of an application. A PCT never is a patent, it only gets you patent-pending...

Why are there multiple patents issued relatively recently (Jan 2013; May 2013; Aug 2011) but none in the marketplace?

If there are three patents to three different people, and all are nearly identical to your idea, then maybe the differences between each are very...