Do I have recourse when someone publishes my photographs?

Gee, your question reminds me of a case I once litigated for a professional photographer who photographed jewelry for Lapidary Journal. You can...

Are VPNS in the USA legal?

If by VPNS, you mean "virtual private networks," which provide an encrypted and pretty-much-secure tunnel between two computers, then the answer is...

Are the drawings you submit for a provisional patent application the official drawings?

Mr. Kelly and Mr. Lang have each written cogent responses to your question. Though paradoxically they may seem inconsistent, they're both right on...

Can I legally be asked to discontinue making and selling an item that is similar to others?

Unless your product violates a valid right of their client, there's nothing to prevent someone from copying an existing product. And it's unlikely...

If you establish a think tank and utilizing the tank's input you create a product, who owns the product?

That's a good question. And the answer demonstrates the importance of thinking through the implications of new business models. Some of the...

Although a provisional U.S. patent application can be "converted" to a nonprovisional application, I wonder if that's what you meant to ask. I...

Do I need to file a non provisional application?

You are correct in understanding that filing an international patent application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty will extend the deadline to...

Do I have to get a license from the other patent holder if my patent includes some of their claims?

You cannot obtain a patent claim that's identical to a claim in a previously granted patent (unless you can show that the patentee derived the...

Can I patent an invention solely based on a good new idea?

If what you have is just an "idea" rather than an invention, then beware that the Supreme Court reiterated this June that such subject matter isn't...

Is it improper to request that an attorney correspond with me via email verses telephone?

It is entirely proper, and in fact is the way I prefer to communicate with clients. But it is important that a client acknowledge his...

Selected as the best answer