What are necessary steps for an ideas/products to market in a new start up company?

Short Answer: You need to consult an attorney Your question is not susceptible to a short and simple response. There are many issues that...

Generally, are all decisions made by the Interlocutory Attorney during a trademark cancellation proceeding considered non final

Short Answer: Yes. As my colleagues point out, this can be done via petition as you suggest. Good Luck.

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

Short Answer: Not likely, unless... The standard for trademark infringement is "likelihood of confusion" to the consumers This determination...

Is it acceptable to add elements to a patent application during prosecution in order to facilitate its acceptance?

Short Answer: Yes. During the prosecution phase of the application (the give and take process with the examiner to try to get your patent to...

Is there a software program that you use to help you write patent applications?

Short Answer: Not really There are software and teach-yourself books that provide you with the basic requirements of a patent application and...

Does the patent office call up an engineer to try to construct the invention using the elements listed?

Short Answer: Yes and No. The patent examiner is usually a trained scientist/engineer in the particular filed of the patent. The patent office...

Short Answer: 20 hours for a non-provisional utility patent Writing a patent application is tedious and time consuming. It involves hours of...

Short Answer: It does not. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office does not notify patent holders of maintenance fee dues. It is the job of the...

If someone infringes on a patent, for which, the independent claims list the invention as a process, method, and a system....

Short Answer: No. Damages in a patent case are calculated based on the patentee's "lost profits" resulting from the infringement, or, at a...

The measurement for granting amazon's one click patent was that it was unobvious because nobody had done it before.

Short Answer: Not quite. You are on the right track, but novelty and non-obviousness are not quite the same thing. Novelty means your idea,...