Query: So is all about being assigned as an inventor. My questions is: can this be obtained now after the patent has been issued ? Answer: ...

Elvis picture on cake

The Copyright Office has a decent explanation of copyright law at http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf The short answer is that the owner of...

Theft of intellectual property / copyright infringment

As rightly noted by Mr. Golab, registering the copyrights in the music and the sound recordings is your first step. It's a very rare occasion,...

My picture on company brochure

The following is not legal advice and should not be relied upon to take or refrain from taking any action. Without passing on your particular...

The following is not legal advice but rather only general information that should not be relied upon to take or refrain from taking any...

New product idea for an established company

The following is NOT legal advice but rather only general information that should not be relied upon to take or refrain from taking any action....

Intellectual Property

A provisional patent application provides literally NO patent protection - although it could provide some benefit under the patent laws once a...

Photography Release Forms

The following is not legal advice but rather general information that should not be relied upon to take or refrain from taking any action. In...

Is an online forum about a game a form of copyright infringement?

The following information is not legal advice but rather general information that should not be used to take or refrain from taking any...

Copyright/Disclaimer Laws

Without addressing your particular circumstances or evaluating the knock-off products that you want to sell, it is a very solid general rule that...