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IP Protection Tip #1: Confidentiality
Article Highlights: The single best tactic for protecting one’s intellectual property is to keep it confidential. The best way to obligate a third party to keep certain information...
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IP Protection Tip #2: Patents And NDAs
Article Highlights: The best way for an inventor to protect themselves in the early stages of seeking investors is to file a patent application before disclosing the invention. Patent law allows you to...
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IP Protection Tip #3: More On NDAs
Article Highlights: Outside of the patent context, a common use of non-disclosure agreements is for protection of business plans. Approach potential partners like you would a date; you do not ask your...
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IP Protection Tip #4: Use of Non-Solicitation Agreements (As well as...
Article Highlights: You can have all of the right ingredients for business in place, but in my experience, you will get nowhere without employees. In order to protect its intellectual property, the...
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Patents: Part 1
Article Highlights: When the government grants a patent, they are granting you ownership in that fenced off area. Essentially, a patent owner is a monopoly holder and the only person who can use that...
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Patents: Business Methods and Software Patents
Article Highlights: A business method patent is a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. This class of patent applies to new types of e-commerce, insurance, banking,...
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Trademarks: Why They May Not Be Necessary At The Outset, But Naming Is Always...
Article Highlights: choosing a name that does not infringe on another company’s name is essential for business success; registering a trademark is often not essential at the beginning, but is extremely...
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Trademarks: Why it is a Good Idea at Some Point
Article Highlights: Once the company begins to use its brand and becomes a proven force in the marketplace, then trademark protection is probably a good idea. Before pouring too much money into...
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What Trademark Owners Need To Know About The New gTLD Program
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will increase the number of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), which label internet domains with such common examples like .com, .org,...
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Intellectual Property And The First Amendment: The University of Alabama and...
Licensing the logos, mascots, colors and other intellectual property of universities and colleges is big business and one that the institutions take very seriously. Nothing reveals this fact more...
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