Make Sure YOU Own the Rights to Your Creative Property
Entrepreneurs and business owners often hire a third party to create anything from websites to logos to ad copy. While these works may have been commissioned and paid for by the business owner, that doesn’t necessarily mean they own the rights to them. I see this kind of thing happen all the time. A company […]
You’re Never Too Old to Stop Learning
When you were five years old, you joined the tee-ball team or hockey league with visions of being the next Babe Ruth or Wayne Gretzky in your head. Yet, when you got out on that field, you discovered that you hit the tee more often than you hit the baseball, or that your butt made […]
Creating and Maintaining a Corporate “Veil” – Keeping your business expenses separate from your personal.
Tax time is upon us and now is the time of year that many business owners find themselves reviewing their business and personal expense records. Unfortunately, it can also be the time that they may be realizing that they should have been better about separating the two. It is not uncommon for small businesses to […]
Supreme Court Decision Could Change the Face of Software Patents
The software industry may face difficulties maintaining certain patents if the Supreme Court upholds an appeal from a lower court. If the decision is not overturned, it would mean software companies could have a harder time defending themselves in lawsuits. The Supreme Court previously ruled that abstract ideas and natural phenomena, such as laws of […]
The Myth of the Patent Troll
A patent troll or “non practicing entity “or “patent assertion entity” is an individual or company that holds a patent(s) but has no intention of manufacturing the product or software. The negative connotation “troll” comes from the idea that this is a business model in which patents are obtained for the sole purpose of extorting […]
Cost Effective, Reliable Solutions to Your Legal Needs
At the Law Offices of Jason H. Rosenblum we seek to establish long-lasting relationships with our clients. After all, we don’t succeed unless we provide exemplary results and continued communication with our clients. We provide cost-effective and reliable solutions to your legal needs. We know that the intricacies of intellectual property law can be complicated […]