If the corporation engages in interstate business or commerce with California, it does not have to be registered in California in order to bring a...

Do I have copyright for the business signage that someone is using on their Web page??

There are a few issues here. You should be able to have the photo removed by serving a Take Down notice on Google under the DMCA provision of the...

There is no requirement that the search be done by a patent attorney. In fact, the USPTO does not require patent applicant to do a search at all. ...

With regards to patents, who has legal priority first to sell or first to file?

Under the 2013 America Invents Act (AIA), the first inventor to file gets priority to the patent. In order for an invention to be eligible for...

First, patent rights are obtained by registration, nothing else will do. In order for an inventor to have exclusive rights in his/her invention,...

Which is more preferable to hire Senior Attorney or Junior Attorney?

Your question is a good one and one that many others have or should have. The short answer is that it is up to the potential client (in this case...

The key civil (as opposed to criminal) issues are the contract (if any) relating to her work; ownership of the intellectual property (here,...

Between obtaining protection or not in China, the choice is clear. For one, patent protection is effective for 20 years from the filing date. ...

Can someone stop me from doing business just because she has filed a provisional patent application with the USPTO?

First, I am not sure you are using the word “provisional” in the meaning it has at the patent and trademark office (PTO). At the PTO, the term...

MANUFACTURE MAKE IMPROVEMENT DOES THE COMPANY HAVE INVESTED INTEREST PATENT APPLICATION

Not automatically. Patent rights are protected NOT by doing, but by registration. The patent application identifies the inventors. Someone who...