What if a band wants to trademark their name and a band with a similar (not identical) name already exists?
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Answered on June 10, 2022
Trademark infringement is judged by similarity between the marks and goods. Adding the article "the" is unlikely to differentiate, and, indeed, be...
Can I use photos I took of interior design projects I designed while employed at a construction Co.?
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Answered on June 09, 2022
Get a copy of your employment agreement and consult a lawyer. As a general rule, works created by employees within the scope of employment are...
Can I use nflcheer together for some earrings or necklace or 1 with just nfl and 2nd with cheer?
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Answered on June 09, 2022
If purchasers or prospective purchasers would identify the characters NFL with the National Football League, you have a potential trademark...
Using an existing branded product as a component of mine?
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Answered on June 09, 2022
Since you mention "branded" maybe you have in mind reselling branded faucets. You should be aware that some of the dominant consumer plumbing...
How can I find out if a homestead letters patent is still valid?
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Answered on June 08, 2022
This is different than a patent for an invention. You need a real estate lawyer in your state. I've done an occasional real estate matter, but...
Ownership of intellectual property after quitting job?
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Answered on June 08, 2022
*Left a position* is ambiguous. If you were an employee and you kept the notebook at your workplace, it's hard to see how you would expect the...
How to Patent a trademark for my boyfriends birthday.
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Answered on June 07, 2022
Patents and trademarks are two different things. And you can only register a trademark if your business is using it in commerce to identify the...
What can I do about this company letting someone else have my inventions. I signed a non disclosure agreement with them .
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Answered on June 06, 2022
Not a rigid statistics but maybe a third of the time other people are working on the se thing anyway, a third of the time it's public information...
Is a photo-realistic computer render of product packaging considered Photography or Visual Art for Copyright registrations?
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Answered on June 04, 2022
I'd think that because you use "photo-realistic" it is, by definition, not a photograph. Same thing from the use of "render[ing]". "Looks like"...
Is it legal to hand-design a bunch of album covers onto a piece of clothing to then sell online?
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Answered on June 03, 2022
"Hand design a bunch" is pretty ambiguous. If you do so independently, with original art, and use no words that could be trademarks, yes. That...
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