Georgia Patents Legal Questions

Copying a protected work of someone else, making a modification to that work, and selling the modified work without permission from the someone else is typically going to be copyright infringement. Within the legal jargon, the work you created is called a 'derivative work'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/derivative_work There are exceptions to the scope of copyright protection (what fun would the law be without exceptions), but nothing you mentioned in your questions calls to mind any exceptions.... Read More

I suggest that you contact a patent attorney to discuss your inventions and to arrange for a patentability search to be conducted and evaluated. you can located patent attorneys on the Patent Office website at https://oedci.uspto.gov/OEDCI/ and the Patent Office website has a lot of information for inventors in their ors Assistance Centerthat can be access from http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/iac/index.jsp... Read More

Your descriptions appear to be entirely proper descriptive usages and you may be able to threaten the registrant with an action for unfair competition and could possible seek cancellation of the trademark registration, but insufficient information exists to comment on that possibility. ... Read More

I would caution against it. Often these companies are more expensive than using a reputable company and perform very little in the way of a valuable service. Before signing, I would first check with the US Patent and Trademark Office to see if this is a company against which complaints have been filed and I would inquiry of the company as to what percentage of their clients have obtained an amount in royalties that is greater than the fees paid to the company. Also, you might wish to check with a local patent attorney to see what he/she would charge to perform the legal services that are part of the invention company's package of services.... Read More