James L. Arrasmith Lawyers, want to be a Justia Connect Pro too? Learn more ›
answered on Apr 25, 2024

There are a few important considerations here when it comes to patents and developing new technology based on soon-to-expire patented technology:

1. Patent costs: The cost of obtaining a patent can vary significantly depending on factors like the complexity of the invention, amount of prior... View More

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answered on Apr 16, 2024

Cost for a patent application varies and most practitioners do not discuss pricing publicly. You get different quality of work depending how much you're willing to pay, but other factors also affect the pricing - size of firm, overhead, what other clients are willing to pay, etc.

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answered on Feb 21, 2024

To protect your math puzzle game, you have a few options. Copyright would protect the specific expression of your game, such as the artwork, design, and written instructions, but not the underlying idea or concept. Patenting your game could protect the idea or mechanics behind it, but this can be... View More

Unless you have produced a new crop variety, then very probably , no.

The best way to go to protect your brand is trademark.

There are other options.

This is complecatted stuff. You need to talk with a proper IP attorney.

Good luck.

Adam Bell

www.bell-iplaw.com

Regarding where to start, you should contact a qualified patent attorney, who can work with you to prepare a draft application for submission to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The attorney can also help you conduct a search and review of the relevant prior art before doing so, if desired, in... View More

Patent rights start with the inventors. The rights can be moved in their entirety through a type of contract known as an assignment. Many inventors are paid to invent by their employers and assign their inventions over to their employer. Rights can also be given to use the invention through a... View More

This is a very common question. A couple of points:

(1) What the patent covers and does not cover is defined by the claims. Those are the numbered paragraphs at the end of the patent.

The paragraph that you've copied sounds like it was under the heading Field of Invention,... View More

Yes, you should be able you, provided that the design is new and not obvious. Given that there are hundreds of different wedding stationery designs, and there may be other stationery in form of a magazine, it may be tough to get the design patent. You need to talk to a patent attorney.

Probably a relative of the inventor.

USPTO records don't appear to show that the inventor assigned the patent to anyone, so presumably it remained the inventor's property and passed to his estate upon death. Assuming that the inventor left a will, the patent - like other property... View More

This is one of those searches that is best done on the USPTO site as you can specify the application type to narrow the search to design patents.

There are a number of design patents with "handcuff" in the title.... View More

If the broadest claim in a patent requires 5 things--To make this easy, call them A, B, C, D, & E.

If your improved product added some new features (F & G) so that your device had A, B, C, D, E, F & G. then your improved device would infringe as you have A-E as called for in the... View More

It would need to be something very unusual to get a patent on the specifics of the thread geometry. Virtually every possible combination of handedness, threadform, thread angle, lead, pitch, starts, has been done. There seems to be more appetite in the USPTO to grant patents for orthopedic bone... View More

Tell us more, please. Which patent?

It will depend on what parts you are referring to.

If they are the ones out of protection, you could use them. But you need to make sure they do not have other protections, common law or statutory.

You should definitely consult an attorney to be better guided.

Marcos

www.legalbizglobal.com

You can submit a provisional patent application that provides a description of how to make and use the invention. This will establish an international filing date. From this date you can further seek U.S. and international patent protection via subsequent patent filings.

Tania Maria Williams Lawyers, want to be a Justia Connect Pro too? Learn more ›
answered on Feb 16, 2020

I am not a patent attorney but there may be a question as to whether the company already owns it even though they may not know about it. I see that you created it on your personal computer with non-company software, but did you create it on your personal time or on company time? Also, do you have... View More

If you have sufficient bargaining power, you can sell your product to individuals with a different deal to different groups.

So you can license one company to get the hats with a logo but you might control that you would be paid to apply to logo to the hat and build the profit margin in.... View More

I am sorry, John, but it is very unlikely that you have any ownership stake in Patent #Y.

If patent #Y has issued, and it is pretty much the same as patent application publication #X, then Patent Application Y somehow claimed priority to X. It had to, because X would otherwise be cited... View More

Well, you are going to have to hire a patent attorney to give you an idea if what you want to do infringes or does not infringe on that patent. The patent attorney should also be able to let you know how to do what you want to do without infringing on the patent.

You are not likely to be able to terminate your parental rights under these circumstances. Termination of parental rights is only permitted in limited circumstances. Generally, only voluntarily when there is another parent willing to step into the biological parent's place in a step-parent... View More