Please check their reviews and history before reaching out to invention promotion companies. One good resource for that is the U.S. Patent and...

This sounds like something you would want to go over with an attorney familiar with copyright law. There are not enough facts here to determine one...

In general, if you buy a product in a retail setting, then the U.S.'s "exhaustion doctrine", also referred to as the "first sale doctrine" will...

If you have a distinct name that you want to use in more than one state to designate the origin of your goods or services for your business, it...

The brand "Nike" is protected by trademark law, but the appearance of the shoes may be protected under design patent (sometimes called "industrial...

Just because the USPTO has rejected an independent claim, a separate determination is needed for any of its dependent claims. It is unclear if...

Both of the previous answers were good ones, but to be sure a given attorney did the work on a particular application, you may want to access...

A lot can change, but let me give you an example: Suppose you file for a provisional patent application for an invention with elements A+B+C on...

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One other important consideration is whether you created your work without copying or even seeing the other works that were already out there. A...

In the U.S.A. "Patent Pending" has no legal effect, but only informs people that an application for patent has been filed in the USPTO. The law...