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What's the meaning of a website's terms of service when stating content or services are for "personal, non-commercial use" only?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
The phrase "personal, non-commercial use" does not have a specific legal meaning. Which is why most Terms of Service agreements don't use it alone...
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I identified a withdrawn patent application, is it now public domain?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
The INFORMATION in the abandoned patent application is free for all to use when developing new inventions. But the invention that application...
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Domain name squatters in Europe sitting on lapsed domain name I created to use for a business - what recourse?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
You "accidentally" let the registration lapse? Really? Unless your registrar is incompetent you would have received numerous emails reminding you...
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What does a Freedom to Operate, or IP Clearance Analysis guarantee?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
Before a person offers a product for sale to the public the law imposes on that person a duty to inquire into whether it's lawful to sell that...
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What are the post-patent issuance infringement ramifications?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
Q: "... what legal ramifications do I stand against if their patent is issued?"
R: The general rule in the U.S. is that publication by the U.S....
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What is an International Patent Application?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
Q: "What protection are they afforded if no patent application was submitted to the USPTO?"
R: Patents are national in scope. If someone has a UK...
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Can a patent be contingent upon the assembly of multiple parts?
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Answered on August 17, 2013
Q: "I have an idea that potentially infringes on a patented product. It would be considered an improvement, as it is novel, and not obvious ......
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I produce posters of films and bands according to my creativity. If I wanted to sell any of them I would breaking some law?
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Answered on August 16, 2013
If "according to my creativity" I create a poster that's "based on" and looks a whole lot like one of your posters and then mass produce and sell...
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Is it legal to rent out the Kindle (whole device) for profit?
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Answered on August 16, 2013
You're not renting the Kindle. You're renting the books on the Kindle -- the ONLY function of which is to read the books stored there [unless you...
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Do I need to obtain copyright permissions before publishing a board game strategy guide e-book?
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Answered on August 16, 2013
You and your own intellectual property attorney need to start with the premise that the law most certainly permits a person to write and publish a...
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