An intellectual property lawyer who practices in California can advise you as to what rights you have (if any).

This is not the place to look for legal advice on intellectual property matters.

The amount of testing/study/practice/intellectual skill required to become a surgeon is beyond lightyears when compared to the 50-100 hours and one 80 percent or better passing 90 minute exam.  

Martin these little FRED charts you've take a liking to lately are intellectual masturbation fodder par execllance!  

Those questions I wrote will provide you invaluable insight and allow your intellectual abilities, to sort through fact from smoke.

I know enough to have an intellectual conversation but maybe not enough to be dangerous just yet.

There are many issues, aside from just securities laws, that a platform may consider when selecting aggregation partners, such as the protection of intellectual property.

Perhaps consider Intellectual Gray by SW. 

My Father started a company a few years ago and is currently at risk of losing his 2 million dollar lifesavings if he cannot sell the company (intellectual property holding company).

This is such an intellectually dishonest argument structure.