Copyright inheres in an ORIGINAL creative work fixed in a tangible medium of expression. The key to your answer is the word "original". The...

I concur with my colleague Ms. Koslyn. You need to find an attorney and retain them for good advice and counsel. Receive the guidance you get...

It is POSSIBLE to do so with the EFS (I have done so on behalf of a client who filed a provisional application pro se). Whether the...

Many inventors feel burned by their experience with invention promotion companies. But, if you read your contract, I am pretty certain they...

Mugs seem to be an area of interest for counterfeiters. I'm handling a case like this right now. When an original mug design has been sourced...

You will find from my colleagues that most of us think "inspired" is a synonym for "ripped off". If you are leveraging the intellectual property...

If you had a nondisclosure agreement in place, use or disclosure of your trade secret information would be a contract violation. In the absence of...

I echo my colleague's comments on doing a search first. In my work, what I find most valuable in searching is that it gives you an idea of the...

Your work is protected by copyright law at the moment you created it (embodied it in a tangible medium of expression). However, to enforce your...

File to register your work with the U.S. Copyright Office. See https://www.copyright.gov/registration/visual-arts/ The application for...