Will I get sued if I re-frame ideas from a business book that I read?

In copyright law, there is a doctrine called idea-expression dichotomy. The basic concept is that copyright covers the expression of an idea but...

In general, if you own an article of manufacture, you may dispose of it any way you wish, unless you have entered into a valid contractual...

Are additional claims on a patent able to be defended independently or must they all stem from the original claim 1?

Going to your actual question, "Are additional claims on a patent able to be defended independently or must they all stem from the original claim...

I am the inventor my partner is a trial lawyer, can he applied for a provisional patent with out being a patent lawyer?

Mr. Dunham has it right. The only professionals who may file a patent application of any sort on behalf of another person are registered patent...

Can a trial lawyer sign for a provisional patent for a inventor, if she knows he will be doing so? ?

A provisional patent application serves only to establish the filing date for a later filed non-provisional application and automatically becomes...

I echo the other practitioners answering this question. See the Federal Trade Commission's information on this common scam: ...

Another point to the answers already provided: unlike most areas of practice, where an attorney may practice only in the jurisdiction where he or...

It is still the fact that drawings are required if necessary to understand the subject matter, 35 U.S.C. 113. Generally speaking, the patent...