What are the best methods to legally protect a sporting event's owner's interest?

Also, ownership of copyright for the graphics and text of various materials will need to be assigned to the entity and preferably registered with...

Can you explain the effect of resumption of use for a trademark that had not been used for three years or more?

It would depend on the specific facts. Engage a trademark lawyer for actionable advice.

No. To file and prosecute a US patent application for someone else, an individual must take and pass the Patent Bar Exam and meet certain other...

What is the cost to file a provisional patent? Is there anymore fees to pay before I can start selling my invention

First: there is no such thing as a "provisional patent," rather it's a provisional patent APPLICATION. Second,: the government filing fee...

My provisional patent gives details I don't want to give away. Do I do a new more vague one and just let the old one die off?

Sorry, but this question evidences a fundamental misunderstanding of the way the U.S. patent system works. In order to get a potentially...

If a company has trademarked "Soda Stream" can I still trademark "Sodastream"?

When you say "can I still trademark 'Sodastream'?" the question is ambiguous. One interpretation is that you ask whether you can register at the...

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Does the use of TM really help protect a brand before a mark application is filed?

When you say you have not "trademarked" your "company name," I infer that you meant to convey that you haven't sought to register it as a trademark...

Can we put a company's logo on our website if one of their employees signed up on our website?

Of course you CAN, since you can browse to the company's site, download the graphic, and the upload it to the software that runs your...

If I were to "gift" a portion of the donations I recieve through my website back to a random donator every month- is that legal?

Is it a gift or a lottery? You refrained from saying how you would be generating such "donations" so I assume you'd publicize it as if it were a...

How do I ask permission to use a song when the publisher (as best I can tell) is out of business?

If, in fact, the owner of copyright is not findable, then your problem is that it is an "orphan work." If you search the Web for that term, you'll...