The confidentiality agreement is a good idea and is recommended if the agreement is well-drafted. While there may have been some value in doing so...

General Contractor, design, and drawings !!

He owns the drawings and plans, as works of authorship. The fact that you paid him money for the designs and drawings is irrelevant because...

Am I entitled to compensation for misfiled patents?

For an issued U.S. patent, you need to refer to 35 USC 256: 35 U.S.C. 256 Correction of named inventor. (assuming you are post AIA,...

Design patents cover the ornamental aspects of articles of manufacture. There is a question of whether the handmade product of a craftsman is an...

If your provisional application is sufficient to provide a filing date upon which a later filed nonprovisional application may rely, then you have...

Can a business use a name if that name was already used for an music album cover?

If the name was used as an album name, it was indeed used. If other factors justified it, the name could be a trademark for the album. Supposing...

37 CFR 1.313(a) - Applications may be withdrawn from issue for further action at the initiative of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. To...

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I have a great idea for my company, as a marketing tool. What steps I need to perform to get this idea out to many companies?

Beware of invention promotion companies generally. See my web page at https://claibornepatent.com/prototype.htm. I recommend instead that you...

Is it possible to get a quick patent for an artistic creation I'm selling reproductions of?

A design patent is available to the inventor of a new and ornamental design of an article of manufacture. Once you file a design patent...

Can someone patent the use of a sticker on a non-obvious object?

An invention is ready for patenting when 1) it is conceived and 2} it is reduced to practice. Reduction to practice means either that the inventor...