How expensive is it to hire a patent lawyer to search existing patents to see if my improvement on an existing idea is origianal

Visit amazon.com and buy and read the books Patent it Yourself and How to License Your Million Dollar Idea. Then think through how to go about...

Can I be held accountable by my university for illegally downloading media when I was not at the university?

To misquote the Bard, something is not quite right in the state of Denmark. I think you're missing a fact or two that somehow ties your...

How are multiple licenses to the same software managed?

Even with your additional information I'm still unclear on the fact pattern. The following is general information only and not legal...

Is it right to be filmed, shopping, and then have it televised, without my permission.

Q: I was shopping, in a Walmart store, and I, was videotaped without my permission. R: The general rule is that ANYTIME you visit a public place...

What is considered copyright infringement?

Q: how am I supposed to know what images are copyrighted ... R: ALL creative designs are automatically protected as soon as the design is...

Do I need permissions for an academic book?

Permission for what? Quoting the folks you talk to or the works they've written? Publishing their photographs? Discussing their points of view? ...

What do i need to do to get corporate funding?

If you want money from someone then you need to give that person something in exchange. It's that simple. Assuming you own [or want to...

How can i start a successful hedge fund ?

Read all the information the SEC provides on the matter [start here http://sec.gov/divisions/investment.shtml ] and then visit amazon.com, query...

Demand to sell on ebay johnson and pham

All I can fathom from your question is that something's wrong and you're upset about it. I suggest that you contact the Lawyer Referral...

Every hole in the wall, dinky ole town in America has at least bar where live music is played. The rule [with limited exceptions] is that if a...