No. Patent laws are administered by the Federal Government. You would have to bring suit in US District Court.
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The mouse. Microsoft effectively in court showed the differences in the Microsoft mouse and the Apple mouse.
You treat it the same way any other infringement or slander is treated. You take them to court over the matter.
A patent is a grant by a government that confers upon the creator of an idea, an invention, a process, etc., the exclusive right to produce, sell or profit from it for a number of years. It is the means by which you prevent another entity from profiting from your work. A patent infringement occurs if anyone copies your work without your express permission. You can sue for damages.
You cannot sue a judge. You can appeal the judgment.
In the United States copyright law is almost exclusively handled in federal district courts, other than copyright of sound recordings published prior to 1972 and other possible issues that are handled under state laws because they are not pre-empted by the federal laws.
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Before an infringement suit may be filed in court, copyright registration is necessary for works of U. S. origin. Bear in mind that a copyright can be filed retroactively, however it will have some effect on the types and amounts of damages awarded.
Unlike the patent process, there is no examination process in copyright registration. However, based on the dates of the two copyrights, the rightsholder of the first work could easily sue the rightsholder of the second work for infringement.
You can only sue any outsourced provider for fraudulent activities and infringement of intellectual property. Non-payment of work by a local client can be filed through a small claims court.
In the US, the copyright holder can sue for up to $30,000 per infringement, or $150,000 if willfull infringement is proven. That being said, most copyright disagreements are settled long before they reach court, for an amount much closer to real damages.
Yes, with the exception that the suit would need to be brought in a state or circuit or superior court, it could not be a small claims venue.