Re: Charge for Broadcast TV. As my thoughts indicates, the local broadcast station fee is intended to recover the money that AT&T has to pay the owners of the local stations that would be free to you via OTA but is typically not free for AT&T (or any video provider) to retransmit to you.
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) includes an new provision added to the Economic Espionage Act (EEA) that, depending upon how it is interpreted, may govern how district courts handle trade secret information in all cases.
How to obtain a patent Introduction. Applications for patents are made to the Intellectual Property Office. There are set forms for this, and you must pay a fee. What is a patent? A patent is a legal device that can be obtained to prohibit others from making, using or selling an invention that you can claim as original, novel and not already in existence.