What disqualifiers for utility patents based on “goods” used?

I agree with Mr. Brezina, that your brief description of your invention is a "new use for a known article". This is a category of invention that...

Take heart. 35 USC 102(a)(1) "A person shall be entitled to a patent unless ... the claimed invention was ... described in a printed publication...

Can we show Movie posters (from public domain) in a crowdfunding Video for a device that organizes users own Media?

Your posters come from themoviedb.com, right? Here is section 6 of their Terms of Use: "Content on this Site ("Materials"), the trademarks,...

Is it important for you to claim the benefit of the filing date of your earlier application for claims directed to the inventive matter you...

You may submit a substitute specimen if the mark has not yet registered. The specimen is simply evidence of the mark in use in commerce on the...

Is this legal under The first sale doctrine?

This is an interesting and complex question. If the designer fabric were just a fabric design, then perhaps the first sale doctrine of copyright...

Can we show Movie posters obtained from themoviedb.com in a crowdfunding Video for a device that organizes users own Media?

In the Terms of Use for themoviedp.com, at section 6 it says: "6. Our Intellectual Property Rights Content on this Site ("Materials"), the...

My recommendation is that you take the design down at least for the moment and do not respond to the letter until you have retained a lawyer for...

Could I be sued for copyright infringement?

So I'll start out by being a copyright bore: the rights of the copyright owner include the right to reproduce the work, the right to create...

One very interesting aspect of design patents has to do with their intersection with the IP right of "trade dress". Trademark rights are rights...