How do you protect intellectual property rights when seeking design resources for patent application?

I think the best place for you to start is to seriously consider hiring your own IP attorney to help you out. You have already thought about a lot...

Can I make a replica of a Ford tailgate, make it into a table, and sell it for profit?

From a patent point of view, Ford does file a design patents on replacement piece-parts and I am sure they do that for tailgates. However,...

Hi, I am independent inventor.

There is a lot of info available, on the USPTO website and elsewhere. A quick search will probably give you more than you care to read. But the...

Do I need to submit with a new application or will multiple embodiment drawings suffice?

You should really hire your own patent attorney to look at the specifics of your design(s). Only then can you get a targeted response to your...

Can I sue a company for using my name and my image - my photo on a product that I did not give them permission to do?

You need to take everything you received and signed to your own attorney and have them review this for you, if you really are interested in a...

Do I need to submit prior art with my patent application?

Yes, you and others associated with the application must submit all known information that is "material to patentability" of the application. As...

Patent attorney who loves basketball? Hopefully one who played high school basketball and/or college ball for patent discussion?

Definitely seek out your own patent attorney to help you. You have already gotten good answers here; so I will not repeat them. I will add that...

Do I have the ownership interest of my software work after I gave the warning not to use my work, as compensation was not given?

You really need specific advice from your own attorney. The general information provided by attorneys here will not completely provide you what...

Unfortunately for you, an illegal download is just that, illegal. That you once legally owned a different, working version of it does not matter. ...

Do I have to file my company trademark separate from the patent of my product?

Please seek advice from your own intellectual property attorney before filing anything. You may not be getting what you think with your application...