I was charged with selling counterfeit merchandise on eBAY. I was under the impression I was selling authentic merchandise.
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Answered on July 18, 2010
Section 4 of the article at http://www.ficpi.org/library/montecarlo99/damages.html discusses the legal penalty for trademark counterfeiting. To be...
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Is it possible to patent an IMPROVEMENT on an existing product?
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Answered on July 08, 2010
Yes, the U.S. Patent Statute, 35 U.S.C. 101 expressly states that improvements can be patentable inventions.
However, in order to be patentable,...
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Filing for patent - inquiring for a referral to a patent attorney
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Answered on July 08, 2010
Further to Dan's response, you should know that patent professionals are licensed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO"). There are two...
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Invention
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Answered on July 02, 2010
In general, there is no such thing as a "free" invention development company. Furthermore, the "invention development" business had developed such...
For a trademark registration, is the effective date the date of registration, or the filing date?
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Answered on June 30, 2010
Different rights flow from different dates. It also depends whether the filing date precedes actual use of the mark in interstate commerce or...
If you file 1A for a product you have and someone files 1B 8 days before you, what are the odds for the 1A applicant?
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Answered on June 13, 2010
The general principle is that a filing on the intent-to-use filing basis provided for in Trademark Act Section 1(b), 15 U.S.C. 1051(b), will take...
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Q:How long is an invention patent is good for?
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Answered on June 04, 2010
If you're talking about a regular U.S. patent, it's usual term is 20 years from the date the pertinent application was filed. If more than one...
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I i searched a trademark on the usto page and it is listed as DEAD does that make it availble to me now?
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Answered on April 13, 2010
The USPTO database include several kinds of records. Records marked by the USPTO as LIVE include pending applications and issued trademark...
I am being sued by Disney for copyright, infrig. I bought Art Panels from a company to place on the bouncers for rental.
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Answered on March 19, 2010
When you say you are "being sued," do you mean that you have actually been served with a federal court summons, or rather that you have received a...
Is this a copyright infringement?
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Answered on March 14, 2010
Beware. Pamela Wilson's answer posted earlier today needs to be read in its entirety. The question of whether one is free to photograph an...