The company in Van Nuys appears to have registered its name with the California Secretary of State as of 8/19/2014. Your DBA is only valid in...

Absolutely NOT without grave hazard of crippling consequence. The U.S. Patent Office -- by itself, or at the urging of anyone (like a future...

Can I publish a colring book made up of hand drawings based on a HBO show, Game Of Thrones?

My colleagues have been a bit more polite. I am going to be a bit more firm. If you do publish that book as described, expect to be sued, and...

I have an idea for a phone app. I want to market and sell the idea so that it can be developed but I want to protect my idea.

As all will state, you aren't going to get a patent for 'an idea'. Nor are you likely to be able to market 'an idea'. The hard work -- which is to...

Does my employer have the rights to work that I have done on my personal computer at home and must I submit it to be searched?

As my colleagues said, the full answer needs more data -- particularly, the written contract(s) and policy(ies) from your employer, and what your...

As others point out before, you should be concerned over TRADEMARK infringement. As a 're-user' of a good, legally purchased, you have the absolute...

I reconfigured it piece of machinery at my work that will save the company millions .

One small suggestion to add to the prior, excellent advice: emphasize the win-win-win nature of the company's sharing even a small part of the...

Are there lawyers that special with computer science ideas and IT designs?

My colleagues above correctly identified which legal specialities (business organization & operation, the classes of Intellectual Property) are...

Is it wise to file utility & design patents on a real technology invented to appear onscreen in a movie, and if so, when?

Go ask the founders of Industrial Light and Magic, Pixar, Weta Ltd. (also known as Weta Workshop), or the other 35+ companies listed at...

I'm doing a disney news podcast. I was wondering if it was legal to have a mickey mouse sounding voice do my introduction?

If you're not licensed by Walt Disney Productions, you cannot use the lower-case 'd' on the word "disney", let alone the phrase "disney news...