What are the fees for an FTO analysis and opinion? or IP Clearance?

This is a follow-up to your previous question. It is a very unwise to hire a patent attorney to evaluate just one patent application that...

Let's define some terms. Your company's "corporate name" is the name that you filed with the Secretary of State of the state where the company...

Say USPTO has two non-provisional patent applications over similar conflicting claims, mine and someone else's.

The answer depends on when the provisional application was filed. If before March 2013 then the new "first inventor to file" rule does not apply --...

Is there any way for an attorney to give out patent licenses or make any deals to give out my technology to anyone . I am the

The owner of a company controls the business affairs of the company. It appears you think you're not in control. So take control. Give directions...

Could I have problems down the line on an invention similar to mine that has a patent pending?

You have an idea that you eventually want to convert into a "cosmetic tool" product. Your search of U.S. Patent Office online database for...

An independent film company wants to option my book for a script....I am just curious

There's not much to add to Attorney Baum's response. One thing to note, however: It makes no sense for an author, such as yourself, to enter into...

I got a Letter for some person about Copyright infringement for artwork prints that is on the ribbon I sell.

You've purchased artwork from a Chinese-based website, did no research into who owns the copyright in that artwork, nonetheless put the artwork on...

What are the guidelines for writing about public figures, alive of deceased?

Q: "Do I need their permissions?" R: Very likely not -- so long as you include in your discussion about the person only factual,...

Copyright question - use of album covers and band imagery in an art project.

You mischaracterize your plan. You are not simply engaging in an "art project" to "honor" a musical group -- you're creating a product to sell in...

In Texas what does it mean when someone says that an "unregistered"

The additional information that you've provided in response to my colleagues illuminates the nub of your [understandable] confusion. Specifically,...