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Ownership of patent vs. corporation and divorce
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 4/27/2009
I hold several patents in my name for successful children's products, items that I personally invented. I own a company with my husband and his brother which sells the products. The brother has 40% ownership...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Misleading information about ownership of patents
In Litigation    -  updated on 1/31/2008
Can I file a lawsuit (other than patent infringement) against a company misrepresenting on their website ownership or title to technology for which I have been granted US patent and given to them no rights.   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Patent Rights default ownership in Florida
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 10/17/2007
In Florida does an employee's I.P. ownewrship automatically default to their employer if there is no employment contract, employment policies, or any written or oral agreement between employee and employer?   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Ownership of patents after S-corp dissoves
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 5/31/2005
There are 4 owners of an S-Corp. One owner at 50%, the other 3 total 50%. There are several patents, both design and utility. Most, but not all were developed by the 50% owner. All were purchased by the S-co...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
patent evaluation rip-off
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 11/4/2004
I applied for patent and then tried to get patent evaluation from a company listed in the''good guy'' list at ''patent cafe'' website. They took $150 and I didn't get evaluation for 2 months (they promise 3-...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Divorce and Patent Ownership
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 1/5/2004
I am currently self employed and have designed different products on which I have filed four separate provisional patents. The designs are entirely my own, the wife had no input. Conception and development o...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
ownership of a patent invented by an inventor who works for two companies
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 5/11/2003
My question is the following: A person is working simultaneously as an employee for two companies. The two companies are aware of this fact, and have no objection. As a result of the work of this person an i...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Selling partial ownership of patents
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 6/25/2002
I am 25% owner of a private C-Corp that owns 20+ patents of manufactured items. If I sell my shares to another manufacturing company (perhaps a competitor), what rights does that company have to the patents?...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Question about ownership of patent documents
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 1/22/2007
I recently purchased an item that is related to a collecting hobby of mine. It is an original set of pre-1900 patent documents for a fairly important patent. These are the documents issued to the owner of th...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Question about ownership of patent documents
In Patent Monetization    -  updated on 1/22/2007
I recently purchased an item that is related to a collecting hobby of mine. It is an original set of pre-1900 patent documents for a fairly important patent. These are the documents issued to the owner of th...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Statistics USPTO vs. WIPO
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Hi, I´m a knowledge economics researcher and, making some graphs, I found that the numbers of trademarks registered are quite different in the USPTO and in  the US row of the WIPO -the difference i...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
International Trademark Infringement / IP rights?
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I launched a website about a year ago selling one single product (for exemple: photo books).
A bigger company located in the UK sent me a letter (from the CEO, no attorneys yet) stating that they own th...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Current 3L w/no job offers - IP LLM worthwhile option?
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I'm a 3L and will graduate in May 2009.  My main interests are in copyright/trademark law but I have not yet been able to get any solid job offers for post-graduation.  I have contemplated app...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Acronym of merely descriptive phrase
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Have an issue with a client re: moving forward with TM protection and was interested in any advice/opinions people wanted to throw out.

Client has a mark that is an acronym of what I'm pretty...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Can a multi-class application be divided after receipt of a Final OA?
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Post Final OA issuance, can a multi-class, use-based application be divided out into two applications - two classes remaining as use-based and one class reassigned as an ITU?  The non-final action state...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Response to Office Action - Merely Descriptive Rejection
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I need to draft a response to office action for a mark that was rejected as merely descriptive.  Based on the rejection, it appears that the examining attorney misunderstands the nature of my client...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Descriptive Trademark?
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
My question relates to trademarks and domain names.

I registered a DBA company name in my state, and I also purchased my company domain name which was created by adding a truncated adjective in fr...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Manufacture/Distributorship
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
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Is there any reason to include "distributorship" in the goods statement rather than just have a goods statement?  I am unclear about whether a distinction needs to be drawn b...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Am I violating IP rights or any other rights for that matter?
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
I legally purchased t-shirts from internet sites and some from ebay that carried their label and tags still attached.  These t-shirts have the designers logo all over them.  Well I cut up the t-shi...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
Cease and desist the sale of company X equipment
In Trademark    -  updated on 2/26/2009
Company X states: "You are hereby notified to cease and desist the sale of company X equipment and any use of company X trademarks or brands."

This was company x response to me. Of cours...   Read More Answer this question   Answer Answer this question
 
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