When and where should I introduce my patent agreement? Or is it the hired contractor that creates the patent agreement?

The best time to sign any agreement, including an NDA, is before you discuss anything specific about your invention. You must be specific about...

Am I able to get around a patent for an invention?

If the difference brings about a not obvious feature not previously contemplated , and Examiner may consider it sufficient novelty to grant a...

Narrow patent claims

The claims of your granted patent define the formal limits of your property. The property may extend a bit through the theory of equivalence but...

What can be patented?

Welcome to the club!!! Talk to your favorite Patent Attorney, perhaps together you can figure it out for your particular situation.

What is the most reasonable price to do a Trademark Search and File? I am trying to trademark my name as a designer.

If you are shopping for price, you should do the TM filing yourself. Since you are at it, you should also medicate yourself, and prepare food...

I have an idea, that involves a zip lock type back, do i have to patent the idea ,even though it is a zip lock bag?

There two considerations you will have to explore with your Patent Attorney. First, whether there is sufficient non-obviousness to overcome an...

Th\e granting of a patent is evidence that it is practical, meaning it has an useful aspect that is verifiable by someone of ordinary skill in the...

The first step is to determine whether your idea amounts to an invention. Is it practical? Is it new? Is it so different from others to be not...

As a startup, how concerned should I be with IP initially? What is the average cost required for a patent?

You should be very concerned not only to protected your own generated IP, but to avoid stepping into somebody else's IP. You should hire or secure...

Trade mark of a motorcycle club patch expired 4/2013, can the (R) be removed from the patch and then be legally reproduced.

Common Law rights still applies to the mark, regardless of the expiration of the USPTO registration. If the business ceased to use the mark and...