My girlfriend wrote marketing material for me. My co workers found it and are using it verbatim is the doc copyritten?

It sounds like your girlfriend could be the Author of copyrighted material. If there was unauthorized copying of a substantial part the copier...

Is the Amazon's product infringe our patent?

You shouldn't want an answer publicly posted on Avvo. Retain a patent lawyer to get one of the accused products and see if your claims read on it. ...

Startup silicone ring company looking for lawyer. Potential intellectual property dispute.

Retain a lawyer to respond. If you re-sold infringing rings, you're likely to be liable. Your supplier should imdemnify you, but if what you mean...

The above answer is a good one. Don't overlook the fact that this addresses the facts you described. If you made some other use, like a...

The answer above is right on point. You appear to have fallen for the myth of "20 percent different." There is no such rule. Copyright is judged...

Got an Invoice without prior notice of whether services are chargeable or not?

It's not clear what you mean by a "trademark legal company." For legal things you are better off going through a law firm whose professionals are...

It sounds like patenting would be a tough one. If you don't have an application pending already the public use might prevent a valid patent from...

Is there a trademark code that covers the use of a name for someone's political campaign or celebrity?

It's not at all clear what you are really asking. "Trademark code" is not a term used by trademark lawyers. Later you say you "have a trademark"...

At common law there are four different types of privacy rights, but they belong to the subject of the disclosure, only right of publicity is likely...

Can my cousin request profit for her drawing after she sold it?

It depends on what you mean by "sold a drawing". If you mean sold a physical embodiment that wouldn't include selling copyright -- including the...