Video FAQs
- Are there any state government agencies that can help me in developing and marketing of my invention?
- Are there disadvantages to filing a patent?
- Can I conduct a patent search myself or should I hire someone to do that for me?
- Can I obtain a global patent that protects my invention throughout the world?
- Can I patent a business method?
- Can my employer become a co-owner or owner of my intellectual property or patented invention?
- Does a federal trademark registration ever expire?
- How are trade secrets protected?
- How do I choose whether to patent something or keep it as a trade secret?
- How do I know my attorney will not steal my idea?
- How is a copyright different from a patent or trademark?
- How long does the patent process take?
- How long does trade secret protection last?
- How much difference does there need to be between an already patented product and what I want to sell?
- I am not a “hi-tech” company. Do I even have any intellectual property?
- I found a clone or troll website that is trying to steal our business. What should I do now?
- I have an idea for an invention. Where do I start?
- I have an old idea that I still cannot believe has not been made. I even wrote about it many years ago. What should I do?
- I think someone infringed upon or used my trademark. What should I do now?
- If I have a patent. Does that mean it is illegal for others to use my idea?
- If I want patent protection, should I file a provisional patent application and a non-provisional application?
- If two or more persons work together to make an invention, to whom will the patent be granted?
- Is a patent necessary for commercial success?
- Is a patent registration guaranteed and can I get a refund of money paid if it is denied?
- Is federal trademark registration valid outside the United States?
- Is it necessary to go to the USPTO to transact business concerning patent matters?
- Is it possible to register a trademark in my state?
- Is there any danger that the USPTO will give others information contained in my application while it is pending?
- Must I register a copyright with the government to receive protection?
- My invention is not found in a patent search. Now what do I do?
- Should a patent application be filed jointly when one person has the idea and the money and the other builds the invention?
- Should a trademark used on a product that is sold throughout the U.S. be registered?
- Should I conduct a search for similar trademarks before filing an application?
- What are common law trademark rights?
- What are confidentiality agreements and how do they relate to intellectual property?
- What are the advantages of holding a trade secret?
- What can be patented?
- What can be trademarked?
- What do the terms patent pending and patent applied for mean?
- What does copyright protect?
- What is a patent attorney?
- What is a patent?
- What is a provisional patent?
- What is a trade secret?
- What is a trademark?
- What is intellectual property?
- What is novelty and non-obviousness in relation to a patent?
- What is the difference between a provisional patent application and a non-provisional application?
- What is the difference between a registered and unregistered trademark?
- What is the difference between a trademark and a copyright?
- What is the difference between TM (or SM) and actually registering a trademark?
- What kind of damages might I receive if someone infringes upon or uses my copyright?
- When is my work protected?
- Will the USPTO conduct a trademark search for me?
