Lost (expired) patent pending while in non-provisional patent stage. now cant afford final patent. can i refile the patent pendi

$2800 for the last stage?? The last stage of patent prosecution should be payment of issue fee, but your number doesn't match (seems about a dozen...

Generally this seems workable, however the devil is in the details. This is likely both "fair use" and "de minimis", but the significance of the...

Product and trademark knocked off by our own manufacturer. Overseas production but a US company. How to proceed?

I think you need to move quickly as there are several countermeasures COMPANY X is likely to take that will thwart your efforts. They may shut...

Are specific elements of website considered separately under copyright? - domain - design -hosting -logo -content

Yes, I have about 40 years experience, 20 as a corporate attorney enforcing corporate rights to employee creations and 20 years trying to sneak...

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Am I able to use a T-Shirt design reading "My Cup Size Is Stanley" without violating the NHL's trademark on the Stanley Cup?

Same question from Aurora, CO and from Orlando, FL? So, the cheating law student detector is buzzing. See the other answer. I think your cup size...

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Who makes the application for a trademark?

Application is by the owner of the mark, normally the first to use in commerce or the assignee of such user. Dunkin Donuts uses a holding company,...

When can I use a trademark as part of my website?

I see speeders, so when can I legally speed? I see drug dealers so when can I legally deal drugs? Get the analogy? You can use a trademark when...

Is it illegal to use someone's copyrighted material about themselves in your own brochure about yourself?

Take this to a copyright attorney and you will very, very likely find this is not going anywhere. You will probably be advised the stuff is...

Am I able to use a T-Shirt design reading "My Cup Size Is Stanley" without violating the NHL's trademark on the Stanley Cup?

For Colorado, the cup size is not Stanley, it is a cup of bitters, courtesy of the WILD. My experience is that the NHL will not go after this...

Can I sell my own variations and renditions of Disney characters in different styles than those originally presented or no?

Read 17 USC 106 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106 and you will see: "(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;...