CAN A PATENT PENDING PRODUCT BE SOLD TWO PART QUESTION?

A patent confers no right to make use or sell the patented invention, only the right to exclude others from doing so. Infringement is a separate...

Be aware that a provisional patent application does nothing more than establish your priority rights to a US patent issuing on a regular patent...

It is necessary to have a non-provisional patent filed before I begin selling a service or will a provisional be enough?

You are not required to have either a provisional or a non-provisional (regular) patent application on file before you go to market with your...

Does the law limit access to " copyright" items which are not registered with the copyright office but rather simply implied ?

The copyright comes into existence upon creation of the video. You as the creator of the video the "author" and owner for copyright purposes , and...

I agree with the previous answers. You cannot takeover an expired or lapsed patent, and you cannot obtain a new patent on the thing disclosed in...

How do minor specification adjustments affect validity of a patent for a medical device?

At the time that you determine that the design of your device will operate satisfactorily to perform its intended function, you may file a patent...

When intellectual property is disclosed between parties but owned only by one, does that alone protect "theft" of such property?

I agree with the previous answers, and would add that B's acknowledgment in the writing of A's ownership, without more, would not necessarily...

How would you craft a lawsuit over idea theft?

Ideas disclosed to another are not in themselves a property right capable of being protected in the absent of a Non-Disclosure/Non-Use agreement...

How long does it take to prepare a despondent in a Intellectual property case?

Preparing a deponent can take as little as a couple of hours to several days, depending upon the complexity of the case, the relationship of the...

How to form a company with a patent involved. Three people involved. Patent in one person's name. LLC? S-Corp? Partnership?

I agree with my colleagues that you need to form an entity, either an LLC or a corporation, and assign the patent to the entity. If it ever...