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- Trademarks 101: Protect Your Brands
- Registering a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), often referred to as a federal registration, grants significantly more rights to the trademark holder and is the generally recommended course of action for companies looking to establish and protect their brands. This article presents the benefits and drawbacks...
- White papers 2003-12-01
- Patent Evaluation Goes Public
- Inventions today are more complicated than ever, which makes it hard to judge the quality of new patents and relatively easy to get protection for half-baked ideas. Sooner or later, those half-baked inventions become the subject of bank-breaking litigation, and the U.S. Supreme Court recently said that needs to stop....
- Blog posts 2007-06-06
- Filing for a Trademark
- A trademark is a distinctive word, phrase, symbol, or design used to make goods and services immediately recognizable by consumers; it implies a consistent level of quality or service. Companies use trademarks to differentiate their products and services from those of their competitors. This article looks at restrictions on what...
- Articles 2007-05-08
- U.S. Ninth Circuit Sets Naked License Standard for ?Simple Products?
- The paper discusses a case where on May 20, 2002, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the licensor abandoned its mark ?Leonardo Da Vinci? for wine by engaging in naked licensing and set a standard of what constitutes a naked license for ?simple products?...
- White papers 2002-01-01
- Understanding the Importance of Intellectual Property
- Intellectual property (IP) comprises the creativity and innovation that people develop and own, much as they own physical property such as land, a building, or a business. Intellectual property is also a legal concept that enables persons to control and benefit from their creativity and innovation. There are four main...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Protecting New Products with Patents
- If your business is in the business of innovating, it is essential that you protect new products by taking out a patent. Patents are granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to inventors, giving them the right to prevent exploitation of their inventions by others. U.S. patent law...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Respecting the Copyrights of Others
- Copyrighting is the process of legally protecting the creative products of yourself or others. If your business uses articles, literature, music, or other published work in producing goods or providing services, it may be at risk of violating the copyright of that work. This article outlines the types of published...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Developing and Protecting Your Invention
- From the Slinky to the iPod, a new invention is often the starting point for a successful business. But the journey from an idea or prototype to a product on a store shelf can be long and difficult. Inventors need to be prepared for many steps, including protecting their idea,...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- How to Negotiate a Merger
- We’ve boiled down what many M&A experts preach about the hard process of M&A negotiating into four basic steps that more companies ought to practice. Make Your Initial Offer GOAL: Define the ballpark parameters under which...
- Articles 2007-12-13
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