Who owns the rights to a trademark office action response?

Interesting ethics (professional responsibility) question with a trademark law crossover. First, understand that ROAs (responses to office...

No you do not need your own patent on your bracelet in order to sell your bracelet. Patents do not convey any affirmative rights to the patent...

Can my Brother in Law sue his competitor for a false website that reroutes users to the competitors website?

I only add that in addition to the federal causes of action / claims, there may also be state law causes of action that may be brought as well, see...

We just received a notice of opposition from USPTO for a trademark we are registering. How to make it rejected by USPTO?

Generally no "clean" nor easy way to make the USPTO reject an opposition proceeding. Often when the Notice of Opposition does have pleading...

First to use rule enough to overcome a federal trademark registration?

I believe your question is: what is the point of federal trademark registration given this backdrop of possible common law trademark rights? For...

Can I sue for my idea

Talk to a Georgia patent attorney. Georgia may have statues governing how invention promotion companies operate. For example, California has...

I need a really great patent lawyer in the Phoenix, AZ area, can anyone please recommend any? Thank you in advance!

You can use the Avvo find a lawyer feature, locate several prospective patent attorneys of interest, consult with them and then pick one. State...

Is there a difference filing for Trademark using "intent to use" or "using now"?

Irrespective of what happens with your USPTO federal trademark registration application, I would NOT begin to use the proposed name as a trademark...

If a patent has expired; can anyone claim that patent and reissue it?

Additionally, before practicing the invention claimed in that expired patent or some variation of it, you want to have your patent attorney...

Is there a way to search for trademark names registered just at the state level, specifically California

Attorney Lang has provided a very solid response to your post. I will only add, which may be redundant, that the reasons one ideally clears use...