I want to open a watch company, I have my own brand, to apply for patents, patent applications, how should I do it consistent wi

Buy and read a few books on how to start a business: http://goo.gl/CroO2 . Then go visit a business attorney licensed to practice in your state. ...

Is it illegal to use a businesses name and managers name in a "review" of their services on a site without their permission?

Opinions expressed civilly are protected speech. False statements of fact are not. The line between the two is often in the eye of the...

What steps would a person have to take in order to get a patent for their product

There are way too many variables inherent in your question for any meaningful reply -- for example, do you even need a patent [the vast majority of...

Non certified Letter from Johnson & Pham asking for $15000 for buying p90x

Of the 40 lawsuits filed by Product Partners, 38 were filed in California [see http://goo.gl/9dPWp ]. Of those 38 all but one were filed in the...

I just found another company using my trademarked logo. What can i do?

I'm far less sure than my colleagues that the other company has done anything wrong. The rule is that the SAME [or confusingly similar] mark...

Non certified Letter from Johnson & Pham asking for $15000 for buying p90x

You need, obviously, to hire an intellectual property litigator very soon [preferably one in or around Los Angeles because if you get sued that's...

Patent-pending product question

It doesn't matter what the publisher of the website claims. Lots of folks claim lots of things. The only thing that matters is whether the...

We are designing a music app for an Iphone, how much would it cost to have songs on the app?

And one other thing: if your application plays the songs at the same as it shows video or other graphics then you need to negotiate...

We are designing a music app for an Iphone, how much would it cost to have songs on the app?

Visit http://harryfox.com [to pay the songwriter] and http://soundexchange.com [to pay the performer]. And speak with a music copyright attorney. ...

The marketing departments of magazines routinely design advertisements for those who buy ads in the magazine and, as part of that process, they...