Intellectual Property: Page 9
7 Persistent Myths About Intellectual Property
Misunderstandings about patents and copyrights can cost your business. Avoid these traps.
When It Makes Sense to Hire a Patent Attorney
While patent attorneys can be costly, they can help protect your ideas and work, which can save you money down the road.
How to Take Advantage of the "First-to-File" Patent System
There were big changes last year to who acquires protection. Here are answers to four common questions.
What Sochi Can Teach Us About Trademarks
When it was announced that Sochi would be the home of the 2014 Olympics, the International Olympic Committee jumped into motion, filing numerous trademark applications to protect the Olympic brand. While your startup doesn't have the global presence of the Olympics, here are some tips on how to protect your brand.
Keeping Your Intellectual Property Safe and Sound
Whether they know it or not, almost all startups possess some sort of intellectual property. Here are a few ways to protect these IP secrets.
How to Sell Your Business for Top Dollar in 2014
2014 looks like it's going to be a seller's market for small businesses, so here are five tips to help you know what you're worth.
How to Keep Your Startup's Secrets Private
Our expert attorney Peter Buckland discusses how startups should go about divulging startup secrets to investors, business partners and others.
Will the New Patent Law Kill the Garage Inventor and Startup?
Congress got it wrong when it harmonized U.S. patent laws with the rest of the world. Now, startups and American inventors are at a disadvantage.
The Big Benefits Behind These Three Little Letters: D.B.A.
A "Doing Business As" filing can be used to both start or expand a current business on the quick. Here, accounting whiz Mark Kohler parses the innumerable ways he loves DBAs.
Why Intellectual Property Allows You to Be An Entrepreneur
Some argue you can't patent an idea, but if IP laws didn't exist, would you even be in business?
7 Ways to Save Big Bucks On a Patent Attorney
It's easy to run up the bills when hiring a patent attorney. Here are some steps to keep you from blowing your whole budget.
How Can I Legally Improve a Product I Didn't Create?
An innovator wonders if her ideas could generate a profit or a lawsuit. Ask Entrepreneur's legal expert answers, pointing out red flags that could keep the green out of reach.
Tell Us: Is Intellectual Property Even Property at All?
Businesses spend a lot of time and money fretting over patent issues, but perhaps the concept of intellectual property as a whole needs to be re-examined.
Angry Business Owner Wages War on 'Troll'
Kevin O'Connor, who co-founded ad tech company Doubleclick, is publicly battling a patent troll who is demanding $50,000.
7 Biggest Myths Business Owners Believe About Using Copyrighted Material
When it comes to copyright, how savvy are you? Here are the biggest misconceptions business-owners have about using copyrighted material.