News of Patents & Trademarks

I want to make tailor made costumes/closplay outfits for comic conventions.  I have just been getting my feet wet with my mask reproductions.  My only concern of course is the potential to violate existing trademarks, and to be honest I am not sure of the legalities of doing full blown un licensed costume reproductions. 

What steps can I do to summit my idea...I don't need an attorney to do it right? is it free? what other information can I use? thank you for any info? Also, it is more of something other manufacturers could use on their products, so would that just be a patent or trademark?

Which of the following is a disadvantage of trademarking a firm's product?

A) A trademark differentiates a firm's product.
B) A trademark conveys information about the product to the public.
C) A trademark may become so widely used to denote a particular type of product that the trademark may no longer be a legally protected brand name.
D) A trademark does not affect demand for the firm's product.

great music lasts and the new songs also. me and someone else may have a large music royalty or licenses fee due for distribution too the copyright owner. federal communication commission ,department of commerce (united states patent and trademark office)funded from tax dollars. irs royalty fee publication for music and movie's and taxes due court case reference's doe's anyone ever get to enjoy there sucess and money?after retirement? from acting or writting or inventing?are these ...

This is the picture I found of them>>>
http://www.iptrademarkattorney.com/attorneys-jeans-denim-apparel-copying-trademark-design-copyright-patent-true-religion.jpg

If you could give me a FULL picture of them (just to make sure they are the ones that I want) that would be GREAT!!!!!


Do you know what kind of jeans they are and where I can find them?

THANKS!!!!!

Ok, Say I have an idea. I have thought up this idea without any influence/reference to any other current material to my knowledge (And currently to date am unable to find any specific "Product"). I took a look at the current patents and found a patent protecting an extremely similar invention. How can I tell the following:

1) If the patent is expired, or if it was ever renewed...
2) If I may still go ...

Reform of Trademark
Spanish Doubloon/Piece of Eight standard
Abolition of Digital Rights Management
Right to Privacy
Small Privateer Support for Entrepreneurs and Corsairs
Right to Government Transparency
Reform of Copyright
Right to Assemble
Swashbuckling
Reform of Patent
Right to Free Press
Health care reform, better support for prosthetic limbs and eye patches
Scurvey Awareness
Rejection of the Concept of Copyright infringement or "Online Piracy"
Abolition of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and related subsequent provisions ...

How Much Does An Actual Patent Cost? Are there any places to have them filed inexpensively? Copywrite Needed?
I looked up the Patent And Trademark Office. They said.. 1500.00 to 2000.00 to actually patent your product. Is there any cheaper? Also is a copywrite necessary? Or.. Liscense? I would like to sell my product to a angel investor or venture capitolist. I also was told that Richard Brandson invests in helping people promote their inventions ...

Hi.
My band is looking for a webhost for our webpage, we are thinking about godaddy.com. I was reading the Universal Terms of Service on their page and I'm not getting the intellectual property part:

7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

You agree that Go Daddy or its licensor holds all rights, title and interest in all Software and Services and all intellectual property, including other rights related to intangible property, unless otherwise indicated. You acknowledge that no ...

I know that at the beginning of this country (US), copyright (like patents) was very short (14 yrs I think) and both copyrights and patents were considered government grants rather than forms of property.
I don't think it applied to all artistic works, and it required registration like patents do.
I don't think trademarks existed until later.

I read in one place that many of the 1800s anarchists considered it a form of property and ...