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I am in discussion with a manufacturer in China to become his distributor in UAE. We agree to take exclusive distribution meaning that they should not supply their products or brand to another distributor in UAE. We will be signing a contract for exclusive distribution.
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answered on Oct 23, 2024
This is a question about the international law for the sale of goods, UAE law, and China law. A United States attorney trying to answer this question would need to study all three sets of laws before even taking a guess. I hope that you'll understand that is not an effort that would happen for free.
I had a verbal agreement with a friend where she can use one of my cars and she'll cover the car loan payments. This worked for more than a year until she just recently disappeared and stopped paying. My concern is what are my lawful rights in here since the car is financed. What are my... View More
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answered on Oct 2, 2024
You may have a good chance to make an insurance claim for the car being stolen since that is really what happened here ... Disappearing with someone else's property, without paying for it, is theft.
my idea is about a self defense related device. i found out that a patent exists which is somewhat similar to my device but not the same. mine has a lot more features and a few major differences in the design and functionality itself. would i still be able to patent my invention?
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answered on Sep 28, 2024
Probably yes. Another important question is whether a design or utility patent on your invention would actually be useful to you as a business owner. This is something to carefully discuss with an experienced practitioner before jumping into the patent process.
Is the Inventor required to review the patent and application before signing the 37 CFR 1.63?
Why would the employer tell the inventing employee review is not required and not provide the application and Patent even after requesting?
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answered on Sep 21, 2024
100% YES the inventor must review the application and especially the claims before signing the declaration. The declaration makes a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the claims as filed are accurate to what the inventor believes is new and useful in the application.
What category of breach would this be? If a company has a form on their website that when filled out, it sends an email from that company to whatever email is entered into the form. And those emails are sent out for a good 24 hours under the same name. Which makes it look like the email is coming... View More
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answered on Sep 7, 2024
This is not a breach of contract claim. This is a gross negligence claim.
My current employer is TCS which has a client company "ASML" where I am currently working as a contractor from TCS.
Now they had a job posted in market I applied for the job(for different profile that currently I am working) and offered for this job.
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answered on Sep 4, 2024
I suggest that you contact Allie Levene at levenelegal.com. She is a CT employment attorney.
As a business attorney reading what you've posted it doesn't seem like the non-solicitation clause applies directly to what you're proposing. But if you show the ENTIRE employment... View More
This happens all the time. Clock in time is 8:15 and we can be no later than that. I clock in at 8:11 and it confirms that. When I clock out it says that I clocked in at 8:30. Is this legal and what laws govern this issue? Thank you.
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answered on Sep 1, 2024
When I go to https://cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-13a and look around a bit, I can't find any penalty for an employer who screws with your timekeeping. This might be a defect in the statutes.
It was submitted without my permission after I left the company.
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answered on Sep 20, 2024
You could refuse to sign the inventor's declaration. This might be contrary to your previous employment agreement. It is an option but it could make trouble for you. It also might be a way to exact some extra money from your ex-employer. Good luck.
I take GrandTheft auto streamers and help advertise for them (Including the owner of the server). I always ask first (although I do understand verbal agreement is hard to prove) There was no defamation or slander and I use multiple streamers in one video, mash them up and create a story. I believe... View More
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answered on Sep 16, 2024
You have a really interesting set of facts. If the other party was a Connecticut resident I believe you might have a claim under Connecticut's unfair trade practices act. I do not know whether Montana has a similar statute. In the event that you decide to sue the other party, who is a Montana... View More
The game is owned by a limited company I am a co-director of. It is currently unreleased but we have distributed a free demo.
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answered on Sep 1, 2024
It can be simple. Identify the project by name, state your involvement, give a link to the demo.
My business is named Queen Bee Wax Studio and I just received a message from the owner of Queen Bee Salon and Spa saying that she owns the rights to Queen Bee Waxing. We are in the same industry but she's on the west coast and I'm on the east coast. Can she force me to change the name of... View More
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answered on Sep 1, 2024
The following website might be helpful to you: https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information is the government website where you can search for Federally registered trademarks to see whether your letter-writer has a registration for the QUEEN BEE mark.
Disabled mom escapes years of physical abuse with child. we were relocated by a domestic violence shelter out-of-state for safety. After 1.5 years of living free from abuse, a attorney who was a previous GAL on a child custody court case from years prior, made false allegations that I, the... View More
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answered on Jun 20, 2024
Consider contacting Connecticut's Statewide Grievance Committee, which handles complaints against attorneys for professional misconduct.
https://www.jud.ct.gov/sgc/
A registered agent company told me that if I availed their service as the registered agent, I could use their address as the business address, too. But I read somewhere that this could result in losing the legal protection an LLC offers; i.e., piercing the corporate veil.
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answered on Jun 13, 2024
That's nonsense.
We urgently need your assistance regarding a trademark issue. About a week ago, myself and twenty other game developers received a letter from someone, who we believe to be a patent troll. In the letter, he accused us of infringing on his trademark, which includes common word, that we're using... View More
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answered on May 17, 2024
Sure, I'm interested. An email would be appropriate for more details.
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answered on May 10, 2024
I am an intellectual property attorney. I presently am defending a copyright claim related to internet use of photography. If you're interested in discussing your situation in more detail, please reach out.
i'm canadian and i drew someone's original character that they have copyrighted under the united states copyright act of 1976, theyre requesting a takedown of their character. is it illegal to draw their character and post it to my telegram channel where i post all my artwork?
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answered on May 9, 2024
This is a fun choice of law question. What matters is not your citizenship but rather where Telegram servers are and where Telegram is incorporated. If Telegram is a U.S. company or has servers in the United States then DMCA applies.
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Translation of International Search Report for Application No. PCT/EP2021/053075 dated Apr. 16, 2021 (2 pages).
Patent History
Patent number: 11920679
Type: Grant
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answered on May 7, 2024
I would be glad to help you with this (pending knowing your identity, in order to do a conflicts check). But the situation is more complicated than the limited information that you have presented, and it would not be appropriate to present more information in this forum. If you're interested... View More
I'm a freelance graphic designer trying to get my client to agree to allow me to use portions of an upcoming project for my portfolio. They agreed to add some language to the agreement but it doesn't seem to say anything about that. I want to make sure I understand it. Here is the updated... View More
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answered on May 4, 2024
I'm a Connecticut intellectual property attorney. I would be glad to discuss this with you off line. You are correct that the added language does not say what you want in order to do what you want.
I'm working with a wallpaper company who wants to make wallpaper from my artwork. For one piece, they want to remove the colored background and keep the original image that I created in the foreground. For another piece, they want to keep the actual drawing but just change the color lines that... View More
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answered on May 2, 2024
Funny thing, an old head in this copyright game shared with me some licenses that he drafted decades ago. One of them was for a wall paper company to use with independent artists. I would have to look at your particular license in detail to answer your question.
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answered on May 2, 2024
This would be a pretty straightforward question for a competent trademark attorney to answer. There are two main data sources that the attorney would search, and then they would tell you whether there are any existing marks that could be confusingly similar to what you propose.
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