That is a significant risk. You may be able to get the company to sign a non disclosure agreement, but many large companies will not sign them for...

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

There are different particulars that apply to different classes of intellectual property, Patent rights are generally exhausted by the first...

I have changed the practice area, as it really is not an intellectual property question. Moreover, it will really be specific to Tennessee and...

The devil is in the details. But in principle, if you are buying the constituent elements from an authorized source, patent exhaustion should...

The standard for trademark infringement is likelihood of confusion, which is multifactorial test. The factors include among others the similarity...

Descriptive marks are entitled to registration on the principal register only after developing "secondary meaning" that is once it can be shown...

I have changed the practice area to "Litigation" in the hope you will get a substantively responsive answer to this question. The question really...

Generally you can have an artist create an original work for you and provide contractual terms that would allow you to commercialize it e.g. by...

Generally, there is public policy consideration militating against the trademark registration of place names, but there is no strict prohibition. ...