News of Patents & Trademarks

I am starting a line of belts for women. They will have the logo prominently displayed on them.

Do I need a trademark or do I need a copyright? The United States Patent and Trademark Office Web site is not exactly easy to navigate through.

Does anyone know the answer to this question?

I have an idea that I plan to implement in the next 3 (or so) months. I would like to patent it, and ensure that my rights to it are protected. I was thinking about meeting with a "Patent, Trademark & Copyright Law Attorney"; is this all I would need to do? Basically, once I meet with this attorney, will I be able to speak about my idea freely (and confidentially) and just worry about ...

I already looked it up on uspto.gov and ebay but I'm not a builder or I don't know how to make it myself regardless I would still need a computer tech to help me place it together... any answers???

me and some friends started a home buisness kinda thing to help us pay for college and what we do is we make artwork and make music and layouts for profiles that people might have (you know youtube myspace and stuff) but the name of the business was taken i filed a trademark infringement (we have been doing this thing for a almost 2 years because we want college done and over with) but we ...

I own a name since 2009, and bought the corresponding domain for it, as well as registered the twitter account.
I found out this year that a company outside of the US (UK based) is using my name to promote their business.
What are my options on this matter as I would like to inform the business they cannot continue doing that ?
Do I need to trademark my name first ?

This is URGENT.i need a list and its estimated worth.that's it ok.(its for intellectual property law.)NO articles.trademarks and brands such as nike,coke..etc.

Thanks eons ahead.

I'm doing a photo project and i need a short little quote to put into the picture i have of a gypsy. It just needs to be something trademark and simple. basically, any ideas would be great right now, thank you in advance!

i want to copyright/patent/trademark my own record label,cds,/cd covers

So how does someone get his/her idea converted into a prototype for funding later. I have an idea, but is hardly a complete idea. But a legit one nonetheless, may need some research to be done most technologies are there in existent. However, i dont know how to progress with it. I just dont want to write to any corporation and say please make this. First they wont listen to me and even if they ...

I can't find any reference that says "tape" is actually part of the trademark. But the Wikipedia article capitalizes "Tape."