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Are online companies granted a trademark monopoly on common suffix words? Can I register these common suffix marks successfully?
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Answered on July 07, 2012
What you ask is a subset of the questions that will need to be answered by a lawyer experienced in trademark matters that you confidentially engage...
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Do trademarks include all previous items made/owned before trademark granted? Changed names- but case is real
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Answered on July 02, 2012
Questioner poses an interesting hypothetical question. Let's take a look at what Questioner seem to be saying (with a bit of embellishment by me...
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Patent/Invention: Question regarding making a juice and possible selling it?
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Answered on July 01, 2012
Only an inventor is entitled to patent a product. If you merely copy a product you found in another country, you could not lawfully seek patent...
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Wondering what all I would need to patent an idea and then share the idea with the right people. How to get contracts ect...
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Answered on July 01, 2012
Well, the first thing to understand is that a mere "idea" is not a subject that can be protected by a U.S. patent. So make sure that you have made...
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I am an accessories/clothing designer. I am looking for advice on patents.
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Answered on June 24, 2012
In general, designs for clothing aren't subject to protection by U.S. patents. That's why the fashion industry is rife with knockoffs. Some...
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Does the recipe for my "good" need to be final, with no future adjustment(s), before I file my SOU?
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Answered on June 20, 2012
The specifics will control the individual situation you are asking about. If what you did was just to make a "token" sale of a prototype of the...
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Did I comit a crime by trying to access an online game account that was not mine?
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Answered on June 14, 2012
These questions are best addressed in a confidential consultation with a lawyer you engage for that purpose. No lawyer would or should endeavor to...
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My internet service provider has sent me a letter stating my IP address has been associated with illegal downloads.
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Answered on June 14, 2012
Your question implies that you pay extra to Comcast for an unchanging (static) IP address. The usual situation is to have an IP address that's...
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Can the numbering on a patent be handwritten or does it have to be typed?
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Answered on June 14, 2012
Sounds like you're preparing a U.S. patent application for yourself and are generating a set of drawings. But I don't see whether it's a...
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Can I get sued by the local newspaper for using the same font for the name of the city with few changes made to it?
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Answered on June 05, 2012
Mr. Doland's answer would be accurate if modified to say that many newspapers protect their logos as trademarks, and that a characteristic of such...