Did your phone company tell you that you had violated their EULA? If not, I don't think you have to worry about it.

Maybe. This is a very interesting situation where you are essentially aggregating or curating particular content from another site, and earning money by doing so. The exact way you are conducting your business will likely inform the full answer to your question, and without further details on... View More

This would be a copyright issue. The case is also fact-specific, meaning that without more information, it will be tough to speculate about whether infringement is likely. If you would like to assert a copyright, you will need to register it. Copyright registration is straightforward, and can... View More

Well, there are likely several options.

First, try to work things out with the other side, and advise them that you believe the work product they provided appears plagiarized and you are concerned about your liability in using/selling the materials. See if they are willing to re-write the... View More

You will need to file a lawsuit against the accused infringer. Depending on your trademark rights, you may have common law claims (state-level), and/or a federal claims (Lanham Act), and thus those rights will determine where you can file a lawsuit.

Litigation is not something I recommend... View More

Maybe. A primary element of trademark law is use, and a registration helps put people on notice of use, but does not guarantee that someone isn't using the mark. It’s possible that the trademark owner didn’t renew the mark, but is still using it, and thus would still have trademark rights... View More

The short answer is yes. However, you will need to seek the advise of a trademark and patent attorney to get advise on this question. Your situation is highly detailed and highly specialized. There is likely a contributor attorney on this site that might know the answer to your question, but I... View More

Your late father's copyright will endure for 70 years after his death, assuming he did not create the work for some other entity.

Did your late father hold any interest in his work at the time of his death? That is, did he sell the rights in his work before his death?

If he... View More

Talk to a copyright (or "intellectual property") attorney.

Yes it is possible! The government (I believe it is the DoD) would screen the application (as they do all applications) for any technology that could threaten security/safety of the public. Given your brief description, it doesn't seem to fall into that category. That said, even if there were... View More

Huh? You don't have to be physically present to sell it. Your husband, for example, can execute a deed to Florida property while in Texas.

Drafting a patent is a highly technical task and should be done by an experienced patent attorney. Contact your state bar association, using their lawyer referral program, to find the contact information of an experienced patent attorney.

I don't think it would be ethically permissible for an attorney to answer that specific question for you without establishing an attorney-client relationship. Find a local attorney who does business transactional and trademark work. This statement is obviously self-serving, but also... View More

Many articles have been written on how to decide this very common question.

To begin, do you know if you can even patent the thing that you are trying to protect? If it is not patentable, keeping something as a trade secret is a way to go.

If it is patentable, how easy is it to... View More

If they are reproductions of works by 19th Century artists, and if the images were first published before 1923, the images would be in the public domain. It is not clear from your post whether or not this applies.

As always, it depends. If you use a newspaper print that is original, recognizable content, you may be infringing on someone else's copyrighted work. If you're using small text for the background and it is not recognizable or original, then no. The question is whether the content you are... View More

Abandonment of a trademark in the USPTO's registration status does not mean that the original owner has stopped using the trademark. It can be lack of paying the maintenance fee. You may use it only when the original owner has discontinued with intent not to resume the use of the mark. Nonuse... View More

Submission of your idea without a nondisclosure agreement is almost like a free gift to the receiving company. Like Google's disclaimer in its idea submission form that "by submitting a proposal, idea or feature request on this page, you give Google the right to use it freely without... View More

You can find all of this out, not by asking for an attorney to answer, but by most likely doing internet searches.

Trademark attorneys rarely, if ever, answer questions on this forum. Go see one.