What are the average costs to patent a game? Mine is a variation of blackjack.

The cost of preparing a patent application for a game, starting with the patent search and opinion regarding the likelihood that prior inventions...

What happens in a free initial trademark consultation ?

Analyzing to the point of giving legal advice will likely be a problem. Unless the word, symbol or device is not subject to trademark protection,...

Would anyone be willing to do a free initial trademark consultation for me via email? Or perhaps refer me.

You ask for consultation via email. You may find email addresses at these AVVO responses.

Do I have protection as an employee under an amended employment agreement that my employer did not sign?

What constitutes the employment agreement is fact specific. When the agreement was signed and annotated, who received it on behalf of the company,...

If I file a trademark application on an intent to use basis and they refuse registration due to the mark being merely descrptve.

Yes, you can amend. For more information on the Supplemental Register, see 15 U.S.C. §1094; 37 C.F.R. §§2.47, 2.75(a); TMEP §§801.02(b), 816. Go...

Can you customize a pair of shoes and then sell? You can buy a car, paint it, customize it and sell it all while it is recognizable as a specific...

Importing products but making sure they're not patented or infringing on copyrights or intellectual property rights. How?

The issues raised by the Asker's question are complex. As a starting point the problem with counterfeit goods is not limited to imports. The...

How long does it take to trademark a phrase to use for a t-shirt?

It is always good for a Trademark applicant to search for the use of a TM by another person or company. However, the Trademark Search is a...

I don't know. After all health departments stop kiddies from selling lemon aid. And in High School, isn't the School Board pretty emphatic about...

I make an item that health fitness centers are using I'm selling them over a year, patent was denied how can I protect it.

There are several ways to protect intellectual property, i.e., Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret. You may have protection by branding...