Does patent infringement directly offends the law and does it directly means I will get sued?
(1) Patents are not part of the criminal law and there is no such thing as criminal patent infringement. (2) Yes, the patent owner can decide...
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(1) Patents are not part of the criminal law and there is no such thing as criminal patent infringement. (2) Yes, the patent owner can decide...
If you are doing business in the USA or delivering goods to the US, it is likely that you are subject to jurisdiction in the US for those acts if...
Your question is a little unclear. What did this person sue you for? You have the patent. Are you saying he sued you to invalidate the patent? Or...
You very likely have some claims against that site, although it likely isn't copyright infringement. We would have to see the contract to know for...
If by "poor mans patent" you mean mailing yourself a letter describing the invention, then no. Those do not hold up in court, at least not as a...
Based on the facts as you describe them, it appears that you don't have any recourse. For instance, they indicated they would pay you a royalty IF...
All I can add is that the name "Olympia Consulting" to identify a consulting company in Olympia is likely unprotecable under trademark law....
RocketLawyer provides you form agreements without any thought or tailoring. So if you think your business is sufficiently protected with a form...
You should speak with a copyright attorney. There are some interesting copyright laws dealing with people with very old copyrights, and those who...
Design patent infringement is essentially a "substantially similar" test. To determine infringement, technically you are supposed to put the...