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

Yes, your patent application and trademark application need to be separate. They also have different requirements for information to be...

How do you challenge a patent?

Whether someone is an inventor is determined by the claims of the patent application. If a person conceived the subject matter of one or more...

Patent Pending Query?

Initially, the inventors of the patent have the rights to it. However, those rights can change by contract and/or employment status. Therefore,...

A trademark serves to identify the source of products/goods. A particular shape/design of a product can serve as a trademark, or it might not. It...

I have just finished a trademark cancellation proceeding against me and I won and get to keep my trademark

Yes, another person could do so. Though the Board would likely look to its findings in your first cancellation, the second person would not be...

Does an intellectual property lawyer have to be a patent lawyer?

That can be confusing. An intellectual property attorney is not necessarily a patent attorney. The former might practice trademarks but not...

Trademarked name already exists (as a transliteration), but in a different class. Is this a "likelihood of confusion"?

If one assumes that the only pending and registered trademarks in the USPTO database are yours and the other you mention, then being in a different...

A patent expired for a device. I improved it drastically. Can I patent my new device and be protected?

Whether you can patent your new device depends on whether 1) someone else has previously made the same invention or, if not, whether 2) your...

Use of image or likeness

Famous people (and even not so famous people) have rights of privacy and publicity. These other companies may have obtained a license to use the...

How much would a lawyer charge for this?

Lawyer charges in general can vary widely, including where the lawyer is geographically located. Though it would depend on the nature and extent of...