Domain Cybersquatting: What to Do If Someone Is Profiting from a Misspelled Version of Your URL **Attorney Advertising **
Domain cybersquatting has unfortunately become a high ROI activity for bad faith actors who seek to steal and siphon traffic that would otherwise go to a legitimate company. These domain cybersquatters spend their time and resources buying up slightly misspelled or similar variation of a company’s URL in order to trick and deceive customers into […]
Joint IP Development and Cross-Licensing **Attorney Advertising **
Companies may work together, using their best talent and leverage of their assets to create new products or methods that they jointly own. Joint Intellectual Property (“IP”) development can lead to advances otherwise unattainable by individual companies, but can be used exclusively by the two companies through cross-licensing agreements. However, making sure that an individual […]
Do I Need an Attorney to File for a Trademark or Copyright? **Attorney Advertising**
Blood, sweat, and tears went into the work you created, and now you’re ready to file for a trademark or copyright. After all, you want your intellectual property to have the protection a trademark or copyright can give it. And you may be wondering if you need an attorney to help you, or whether you […]
Similar Products, Different Patents **Attorney Advertising**
You’ve worked long and hard to create something new, and now you’re gearing up to apply for a patent. You know that you won’t be granted a patent if your invention isn’t unique, so you do a search for similar patents…and you find them. Now what? If you find a patent or design that is […]
Memes and Trademarks: It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt **Attorney Advertising **
Memes come in the form of humorous videos, graphics, or texts that are then shared and spread rapidly by internet users. And we’ve all giggled at a meme or two, but the person who developed the image or content that’s being altered or made fun of in the meme probably finds this less humorous. They […]
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BASICS THAT EVERY BUSINESS OWNER NEEDS TO KNOW ***Attorney Advertising***
Intellectual Property (“IP”) is an intangible asset that most businesses create and own. IP consists of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets law. If you’re running a business or brand and failing to think of and treat your Intellectual Property as an asset (or if you’re not using it properly), you are wasting time and […]
3-D Printing, Copyright, and Trademark Law **Attorney Advertising **
3-D printers have come a long way, and now they’re small enough and affordable enough for individual artists to have their own. This gives the freedom to make two-dimensional computer-assisted drawings (CAD) into three-dimensional resin objects. The IP implications of this, however, are confusing and laws may need to catch up. So until intellectual property […]
Does a Registered Trademark Expire? ** Attorney Advertising **
Obtaining a trademark for your business name, tagline, or logo is not a “one and done” process. Over the years, you will need to renew your trademark and complete a number of maintenance steps in order to keep your trademark active and alive. In general, trademarks are valid for 10 years, but there are additional […]
Is Satire or Mimicking a Trademark Protected under Fair Use? **Attorney Advertising**
Freedom of expression means that the government doesn’t interfere with an individual’s right to express their thoughts or feelings, so long as the expression doesn’t invoke or cause any immediate harm or danger. You can’t yell “fire” in a crowded theater, but you can create an entire three-act opera making fun of a public figure […]
What’s a Provisional Application for Patent? **Attorney Advertising**
Patent infringement is a costly problem for inventors and businesses, and by the time the problem is discovered, it can be very costly to litigate and solve for all parties involved. However, there is a way to ensure that inventors can stake their claim as the first person to create an invention. A provisional patent […]