NFL, NBA, College, etc, decal logos on a product for sale.

Both will be trademark infringement. It might even be worse to include a decal in the package, as that pretty well proves your intent to infringe....

I have a New product idea along with a patent application that I have submitted to several different companies .

A packet? A release? Get around your "patent"? Wake up call! You are about to lose your invention if YOU prepared the provisional patent...

Provisional patent application filed- licensing my invention

You will need to spend money on a non-provisional within a year of filing your provisional or you risk losing your invention. A good place too...

A website I was just on states, "Site design and concept are copyrighted." Does that mean I can't start a similar type website?

The website legend you wore is wrong, and thus likely a bluff. Copyright doesn't cover a concept, copyright covers the expression of that concept...

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Is it true that manufacturers usually require viewing and reviewing an inventor's PPA, before they will consider licensing it?

Small companies are an exception. Both large and small do not generally need to see your provisional application unless they are interested in...

Anyone can sure anybody for anything at anytime, so your question really is can you expect to win. You can't learn that here. For that you likely...

How often do infringement plaintiffs accuse the inventor of a patent, and not just the practicing manufacturer?

Often. The fact that one is an inventor is not a defense to patent infringement. If you make, use or sell the validly claimed invention of a patent...

How long can a company sell a product under the "patent pending status"?

Legally, the answer is rather simple: "patent pending" can be used when a legitimate patent application is pending and it is a violation of Federal...

A patent give the patentee the exclusive right to make, use or sell the claimed invention. If you use the claimed invention you need permission....

I plan on opening a business soon. We will be painting quotes on boards to hang on the wall or add hooks for a key hanger. my?

If you use just the quote without attribution, for example: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created...