As is obvious from my colleague's responses, different patent attorneys recommend different approaches to the initial efforts to protect an...

Should I and can I trademark my trade name?

Your own Washington-licensed trademark attorney needs to review all the facts because there's very likely a negative consequence to you under...

Generic terms and international trademark law.

I can't speak on foreign law but will note that a generic term can be protected under California's unfair competition law within the local area...

No. The trademark first sale doctrine makes lawful the resale of a used, branded product BUT only so long as the product is not modified -- and...

Who owns rights to a video?

There are undoubtedly other facts in play that bear on the analysis of this dispute so your own California-licensed attorney is the only one who...

I have a novel idea not directly related to my line of work at a tech giant. How can I launch a business and protect the idea ?

Assuming an employee signs a California-law compliant invention assignment agreement, the only inventions created by the employee that do NOT have...

Is there a way to search for trademark office actions besides randomly looking through TESS?

All trademark registrations have had office actions issued -- if only to provide notice of publication and then allowance. There is no mechanism to...

How do I get the law to punish an individual who has lied in several DMCA counter notifications?

Again, your work was not "stolen." You still have it. The other person simply copied it -- which, as you admit, has caused you no monetary harm. So...

How much do you have to modify a photo that is "All rights reserved" in order not to be infringing on their copyright?

How much a photograph must be changed to not infringe its copyright can ONLY be determined on a case by case basis. There is no one rule. Sometimes...

Intellectual property rights. Copy rights.

In addition to the suggestions offered by my colleagues, your own Texas-licensed patent attorney needs to compare your "social media website" idea...

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