Can I patent a product for simular use but almost different design?

You are asking a very general question here. To receive an issued patent, you must have at least one patent claim which is both novel and...

A local art business that was selling our daughters photos on consignment, has copied a photo & is selling it.

Federal copyright law provides a particularly strong set of rights, including statutory damages in some situations. Assuming your daughter owns...

Lillie, the facts as you have stated them are quite unclear. If you own a valid and issued patent, then you can sue someone for patent...

Am I infringing on a brand name trademark?

If they have trademark rights in BRAND, then BRAND USA would very likely be an infringement. Since you were able to look up their TM registration...

I have a patent, which I believe was infringed.

Your question includes a number of confusing statements. If your patent application was abandoned, you do not own a patent. Generally speaking,...

Can a utility patent infringe on a similar-looking design patent for an object that serves a different function?

The potential for infringement of the design patent has nothing to do with your own utility patent. When you are at the point of designing your...

If I record someone speaking a list of words and use the recording in a software application, who owns the recording rights?

I just wanted to add that right of publicity is a state-based right, and the states vary quite a bit on these rights. Therefore it is important to...

Giving license on our products

One way you would keep them from using your technology after the licensing agreement runs out is to obtain patent protection in India for your...

Can a public domain phrase that has been used under copyright be used without permission of the modern user?

There are a couple things to address here. Once something enters the public domain, it is public property and will always remain in the public...

Am I violating copywrite law if I print an artistic image I created of a movie character onto a T-shirt for sale?

An individual from Maine just asked virtually the same question, the only difference being that your question may involve the right of publicity...