Infringement is a legal question. Infringement will depends on the claimed design (solid lines in drawings) compared to your product design. Then...

Pre-Issuance damages (provisional damages) are very rare in patent cases. If applicable, then it would start on the date of publication, not...

Can I create a patented product for which I can prove was being sold by the company well over a year before they applied?

Good question. I highly recommend contacting a patent attorney (with the relevant legal experience and technical background) to discuss this issue....

"How do I protect against people and other companies using my photos and product names and apply them to products they are selling online, such as...