The little problem you will have is that while you may be the author, most likely you are not the owner as you just work for hire and the owner is...

How different does an idea have to be from an existing patent in order to receive another patent?

The answer is simple, but the implementation is not. It has to be sufficiently different that a person with ordinary knowledge of the...

Does a author have to get your written permission to include unknown public facts about you?

Talk with your brother and ask him politely to remove whatever you consider offensive and private. If that does not work, ask your parents to...

How do I brand/patent an association or non-profit organization?

The protection available for an organization is State registration as a corporation or LLC, and Trademark registration (Federal and State). A...

In 2007 my husband and I payed a company to have our invention designed . We just found out our product is being sold!!!!

You need to contact a Registered Patent Attorney. It sound like one more scam that we read everyday. You cannot buy a Patent Pending. It sounds...

What do i need to register an idea? Is about phrases written on an existing common item.

An idea is not registrable. A phrase used in commerce may be trademarked.

A pending patent does not expire, it gets abandoned for lack of prosecution, meaning you do not havethe money to hire and/or pay a patent attorney,...

Can me and my friends sell designer t-shirts that we made on the streets

Yes you may, so long as you remove any identifying tags that associates the t-shirts to the original manufacturer/designer, otherwise you will be...

I have a provisional patent on my invention for another 9 month. What is my next move?

A correction. You do not have a Provisional Patent, you have an application which is secret and will remain so until you present a non-provisional...

Any copyright issues with lyrics on a tshirt?

Well, that depends on what line you use. Generally, copyright attaches to the whole work, not to sentences or lines, after all, words are made of...