Intellectual Property
News and Articles About Intellectual Property
Product Development
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3 Ways to Slay the Risk of Bringing a New Product to Market
Making money from your ingenuity requires getting people as excited about the opportunity as you are.
Whole Foods
Whole Foods Just Got Slammed for Its 'World's Healthiest' Claim
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected the company's attempt to update its advertising slogan to 'World's Healthiest Grocery Store.'
Olympics
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Why Riding the #Rio2016 Wave Could Land Your Business in Legal Trouble
The U.S. and International Olympic Committees are cracking down on the unauthorized use of their intellectual property.
Intellectual Property
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Can There Be Plagiarism In Marketing?
Truly unique ideas are all but impossible but you make any idea your own by putting your brand's spin on it.
Domain names
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What Are They? Domain Names, Business Entity Names, Trademarks.
If you've been using these terms interchangeably, stop right there.
Make More Happen
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Axl Rose Is Fat. His Personal Branding Should Embrace That.
There is a danger in trying to wipe out who we are online. Axl Rose is putting his authenticity at risk.
Yahoo
Yahoo Looking to Sell About 3,000 Patents That Could Be Worth More Than $1 Billion
The company has sent letters to a number of potential buyers for the patents, which date back to when the company was founded in 1996 and also include its original search technology.
Trademarks
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Apple Loses Trademark Battle, Allowing Chinese Company to Use the 'IPHONE' Name
The Beijing company Xintong Tiandi Technology can now sell IPHONE-branded purses, wallets and phones cases.
Make More Happen
How Do You Sustain Your Brand's Value? Follow These 6 Steps.
Hint: You want your logo to be more like the bitten apple and less like the walking fingers.
China
A Chinese Sportswear Brand Called Uncle Martian Just Launched, and It Appears to Be Openly Ripping Off Under Armour
See if you can see any differences between the two companies' logos.
Congress
Congress Passes Legislation to Protect Firms' Trade Secrets
The 'Defend Trade Secrets Act' protections include manufacturing processes and computer methods.
Artists
How This Man Made the Leap From Artist to Entrepreneur
'The entrepreneurial spirit of defining, of iterating on a vision is what artists are fundamentally all about,' says Monegraph founder Kevin McCoy.
Apple
Apple Hit With Huge $625M Verdict Over FaceTime, VPN Patents
The latest trial between Apple and VirnetX, which has been taking place over the last week, is a do-over of an earlier 2012 patent clash between the two parties.
Intellectual Property
4 Steps to Better Protect Your Ideas
Brainpower is good. Brainpower you own is far better.
