Who owns the rights to the photos?

This does not happen often but I disagree with Ms. Koslyn. An oral license to use a copyrighted work cannot be rescinded at the whim of the...

ReceivedTrademark Infringment Claim from Lawyer, What do I do?

This is a plain vanilla dispute: Your company uses a logo that another company thinks infringes its rights in its logo. You've got three...

We have a product we would like to sell that we've developed and want to know if we're infringing on trade secrets.

You wrote: We, as company D, would like to make a different product in a different field than company C with one item from company A....

Can a Brand Name be used withought infringing on the Trademark?

Trademarks are NOT word monopolies. Infringement only occurs when someone uses another's trademark IN COMMERCE -- that is, when offering goods or...

After my product is patented in U.S., should I patent in other countries before manufacturing and marketing in U.S. ?

Time for you to hire an intellectual property attorney. This is your fifth or sixth question on this subject. There's much truth in the adage...

The short answer is "yes" --- you most certainly infringe the copyright in those characters if you paint them onto a plaque and then sell the plaque.

Trademark Infringment

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Can you patent a product that has never been professionally manufactured but is a commonly used home-made device?

Read the book Patent It Yourself to get a good grasp on patent law fundamentals. In your example, all the various homemade cheese graters would...

What are the respective ownership rights between a website designer and a customer who has paid for the development of the site?

I agree that under copyright law the design company is right in its assertion that it "owns" the designs. What that means is that it owns the...

After search process of a patent, can I use that search info and have a different attorney write the patent if price is better?

Yes. Assuming you pay for it, you own the results of the patent search.