I believe I have been the victim of breech of contract and deception, as well as theft of intellectual property.

I agree with the 2 comments above. It certainly sounds from your story that the person you dealt with was anything but ethical. However, this...

Patent Question

I concur with the first comment made by my colleague. I would simply add that to the extent your own invention was filed at that time, you may have...

I need a patent attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana who gives free consultations

If you do an internet search along the lines of "patent attorney" and "Indianapolis" you will find most of the local patent firms. Some of them...

Is there a limit to damage that can be collected on a patent lawsuit?

I just want to clarify one of the answers you received. Infringement of a patent does not require knowledge that such a patent is being infringed....

Your ex-employee has fiduciary duties toward you (as his former employer) and possibly contractual obligations as well if you had him sign an...

Already existing patent technology

If I understand this well, someone has obtained a patent related to body heat control and has licensed (I’m assuming that is what you mean by...

Unlike most countries, the US recognizes common law trademark rights (i.e. based on use in commerce) and will ultimately award a trademark to the...

Are patents the only way to really protect intellectual property

At a high level, Intellectual Property can be protected by way of copyrights, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and trade dress. Idea are...

Name of software contains the words of a company with a trademark (plus an additional word) - is this trademark infringement?

Is ZZZ the actual name used or is it just a place holder for anothe word? It's not clear to me in your posting and it would help here/ Thanks for...

Is it copyright infringement to compare product's technical specification taken from the manufacture web pages?

Assuming you are using this information to compare feature sets of different products and that the information is publicly available and you are...