What responsiblities do paralegals in the Intellectual Property law have?
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No matter what field you are in, basically the paralegal does all the work, and the atty. gets all the money.\n\nThe paralegal does the research, paperwork, filing, scheduling, etc.  All the lawyer does is give his/her "ok" and handle the official hearings, etc.\n\nHowever, if by responsibility you mean "liability" the answer is none.  That's why the atty. gets the big $$.  Its his butt on the line.
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Questions like that require the expertise of a patent lawyer examining the specific elements of your invention, the pending patent applications, and the international implications.  It's an extremely difficult to determine with all the details, much less with the quick facts posted on Yahoo!  Consult an attorney as soon as possible.
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When I lived in Memphis, a lot of the casinos hired paralegals.  Check the Sunday Commercial Appeal or www.commercialappeal.com.  Good luck!
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Lawyers represent either the plaintiff or the defendant. Judges decide who wins or loses.
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Depends on your relationship with them.  You say you have a contract.  Clearly it must address this issue.  It will take precedence over anything that comes behind it.\n\nI believe in general, if they hired you to develop whatever the product/service etc is, they have at least a stake in it and more than likely, out right ownership. Much like university staffs who used to develop products using resources of the school, they were merely employees but there was always contention over ownership rights.\n\nThings have changed in recent years but the schools are entitled to some portion of the proceeds.  Most universities now have what are called incubators and an arrangement is made ahead of time to every ones agreement before any work gets started.\n\nIf you discovered what ever it was serendipitously while working on their project, you MIGHT be able to get away with it if they do not have notes showing that their research is what allowed you to go to this end.\n\nAbsolutely get an attorney, buy only one who specializes in patents. He will want to start by looking at any current contract you have.\n\nMy advise (based on the limited info you gave and  comes from 30 years of upper management experience and too many lawsuits to remeber)- see what the attorney has to say first.  Unless it is absolutely cut and dry in your favor, at all cost, avoid the litigation that will undoubtedly ensue if you try to get around their contract.  Strike a deal.
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Do a search at the Patent and Trademark office to see if the name has been trademarked. \n\nHowever, if they never registered the name, it will not be listed there. That being said, if they haven't registered their name, then chances are they won't have the lawyers to do anything about it.
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Most attorneys do their own legal research.  Older attorneys may have the luxury of paralegals or younger associates to do this work for them.  But in the end, we all do at least some of our own research.
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Go to the web based U.S. Patent and Trademark office. You can search for it there.
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If the paralegal was working independently (not with an attorney) and giving legal advice, it's illegal and you can bring charges against the paralegal.
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Every Paralegal has to control everything. Most importantly you have to watch what you and the Attorney say and write.
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Intellectual Property and patent law when dealing with overseas (especially east asian) partners and manufacturers.
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A number of occupations call for specialized knowledge of the law but fall short of the need for a lawyer. Should a paralegal become disenchanted with his or her career, there are possibilities in law enforcement or as an insurance claims adjuster, occupational safety and health officer, patent agent, and title examiner. And there is always the option of ultimately becoming a lawyer.
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Copyright is not that difficult for a person to research for himself.  But patents require a well-trained, experienced patent attorney.  It's quite a specialty, and an important one.  If anyone who has an engineering degree, hardware or software, wants to go to law school, the intersection of that education should make you very, very wealthy.  And justly so, for it is a very important specialty.\n\nBut copyright, as I say, you can research for yourself pretty well.  Here's my all-purpose recommendation for questions having to do with "people's law," if you will:  Nolo Press.  They've been doing it for a lot of years, and they are good at it (like me?).  Their web site includes a free "shark talk" dictionary, which is their somewhat biased (or at least defensive) term for legal dictionary.  That will get you on the right track, I am sure.
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Try findlaw.com, see link below to their Intellectual Property section.   But be warned, Findlaw culls the public company filings, and the contracts are way, way longer than you will likely want.  But it's better than nothing...... just looking at Findlaw, there was one under Alamosa (it was between Alamosa and Sprint.)\n\nBe aware that if you license your name to someone and they pay you, and you offer them any kind of assistance in starting or operating their venture, you may fall within the FCC's "Franchise Rule."  Look it up at www.fcc.gov.  The Franchise Rule requires disclosure of business plans and risk factors and financial info through a UFOC (uniform franchise offering circular.)\n\nAlso, many states have "mini-fcc's" that impose filing requirements, if I'm not mistaken some of those may be ongoing (yearly) requirements....\n\nI realize you may not think it's as intense as a franchise, but regulators (especially state regulators) may take a different view.  Don't be caught unaware, you should hire an atty with franchise experience, good luck.
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Yes.  \n\nFor starters, law at least has to define those things which it covers, eg patents, trademarks, houses, shops.\n\nAlready, I suspect you have seen A difference above.  \n\nPatent law will give definitions of exactly what can, and can't be protected by a patent.\n\nProperty law, will define what a building is, the different types, what you can do with them, where you can build them, etc.
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the party in a lawsuit or other legal proceeding who makes a motion (application for a court order or judgment).
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Some patent attorneys will write claims for you and review/revise the rest at their hourly rate if you ask. See if you can find someone in a small firm who has just graduated from law school and is eager to gain experience. You should also have the attorney submit the application so that the examiner at the USPTO doesn't see that it is being filed pro se. \n\nThe reason most patent attorneys won't do it is because they end up rewriting the whole thing because it isn't in proper form for submission to the patent office. Then the client is upset about the cost, the attorney has spent a lot of time and headache on a small client, and no one is happy.