Can I purchase someone's or a company's cosmetic, enchance the cosmetic, patent, and sell it to the public

If I understand your question, I think you are asking if you can get a patent on an improvement to someone else's product. The answer to that is...

I have written a book and I am looking to self publish can I go through a lawyer to patent it?

As the others have mentioned, what you want is a copyright registration, not a patent. You can't get a patent on a book. And in actuality, you...

Software Copyright Infringement?

Be very careful here. Understand that when you say "this other person basically copied our idea and how it works", how sure of that are you? ...

Wedding dress patents

This is a very good question, especially because you would almost certainly have to worry about copyright protection also. Copyright protection is...

I was recently looking into creating a product (inventing) as I felt that there was no other product out there like it.

Wow, that question is something that you really need to spend several hours with a live attorney in order to properly answer. There are tons of...

Can someone sue me over a copyright issue?

There is a three-year statute of limitations for copyright infringement, but often there is a much longer (maybe six-year) statute of limitations...

Am i able to make dr. seuss books into songs?

Not without a license. That would essentially be a derivative work, so you could not do it without approval from the copyright owner.

How Royalty Fees Calculated ?

Generally an infringer is liable for damages from when the infringer has at least constructive notice of a patent. As stated earlier, sometimes...

I want to summarize factual information that is common to a variety of news sources. is this fair use?

The general rule is that facts are not protectable, but the expression of those facts is. In other words, two people watching the same newsworthy...

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I have a product I would like to patent,

You should really speak directly with an intellectual property attorney very soon in person. Most will speak with you for free for at least a half...