Evaluating whether a design will or will not infringe a patent is a nuanced and technical matter. The basis rubric is that every element of the a...

Your question mixes type of intellectual property. Trademarks protect brands or designations of source. You can seek trademark protection at...

I have changed the practice area to "intellectual property." If you have an "idea" it is not registrable as a trademark. If it is a brand...

The standard for trademark infringement is "likelihood of confusion." This is a multifactorial test that includes similarity of the marks and...

Copyright covers your original expression automatically once fixed in a tangible form (written down, drawn, computer encoded etc.). Registration...

This is not really an intellectual property question so I have changed the practice area to immigration. Hopefully you will get a substantive...

You will most likely be best served by engaging competent patent counsel directly rather than going to an invention services firm. The quality of...

Generally, courts seldom look to the actual consideration exchanged in such a case. Rather the assignment was for "good and valuable consideration...

Use of the circle R symbol is a right and not an obligation. Some users with a block letter a registration choose to use the symbol with that mark...

You can file an Amendment to Allege Use prior to the pre publication black out period, provided you have valid specimens of use and are using it on...