Business Legal
Patent Assignments in Employment Agreements – A Sometimes Overlooked, but Always Important, Component
Intellectual property is often the most valuable asset a business can own.
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Thought Leaders
The Top 10 Industries to License Your New Product Ideas in 2021
Where to target your creativity this year.
By Stephen Key
Thought Leaders
How and Why Startups Must Protect Their Intellectual Property at All Costs
While that's true that execution matters more, a great idea is always at the core of successful startups. Those ideas are worth protecting.
Thought Leaders
Free Webinar | Jan. 13: What Entrepreneurs Should Know About Intellectual Property Rights
Join our experts as they discuss what new entrepreneurs need to know about intellectual property-no matter their budget or company size.
Tech
Practical Guidance on Protecting Trade Secrets While Working Remotely
These intellectual property lawyers explain best practices you can use to keep your trade secrets secret while you and your employees work outside the office.
By Peter Lando
Business Legal
Covering All the Bases: How to Set the Legal Framework for Your New Business
It's what ensures that your service or product is protected, that you're not operating illegally, and that you don't lose out if things change among your staff.
Thought Leaders
Litigation Usually Isn’t the Solution But Sometimes It Totally Is
Win or lose, your attorney is costing you hundreds of dollars an hour.
Building a Business
How Intellectual Property Can Create an Income Stream Even When You’re at Work
Using intellectual property to your advantage can become the perfect side hustle, one that generates income even when you're not around.
Business Branding
Remember Slice Soda? It’s Back — But Very Different.
Why these entrepreneurs bet on nostalgia for the old soda brand.
By Liz Brody
Building a Business
6 Top Mistakes New Entrepreneurs Make and What to Do Instead
Every entrepreneurial journey is unique, but the mistakes entrepreneurs make are not.
Marketing
5 Steps You Should Take to Maximize Your IP in China
China has a chequered past with foreign IP. But companies are getting around that by developing IP assets -- like a world-famous bronze cat.
By Yizan He
Business News
Copyright, Elon Musk and the Farting Unicorns of Doom
You can learn a lot about copyrights by reading the lame excuses Musk tweeted, then deleted, for ignoring an artist's copyrights.
By Matt Jones
Online Presence
A Snapshot of Online Image Theft (Infographic)
Thanks to social media and blogs, image theft is a major issue.
By Rose Leadem
Building a Business
How to Protect Your Intellectual Property
Jessica Abo sits down with attorney Scott Sisun to find out what your company may need when it comes to intellectual property.
By Jessica Abo
Tech
Launching a Website? Here Are 5 Common Intellectual Property Pitfalls to Avoid.
Don't fall into these trademark and copyright traps.
Building a Business
5 Things an IP Attorney Will Make You Do Before You Launch a Crowdfunding Campaign
Evaluating patent risk is serious business -- and the single most important reason for retaining an experienced patent attorney.
Building a Business
Using Your Intellectual Property to Escape the 9-to-5
Here's how to make sure your idea isn't stolen, corrupted or plagiarized by every Tom, Dick and Sally.
By Carel Smit
Business News
Why Kicking Out Counterfeit Crooks on Instagram Is So Important
That $50 purse isn't really a Louis Vuitton but the people who sold it are are real criminals.
Business Legal
Are You Doing Enough to Protect and Monetize Your Intellectual Property?
What I have learned is that accretion of IP value is the key element to supporting overall enterprise value.
By Art Mertes
Building a Business
How to Protect Your Company’s Most Valuable Asset
Protect your intellectual property, apply military discipline to business and discover time for creativity with Bobby Klinck, Jen Griswold and Chase Jarvis.
By Alan Taylor
Tech
4 Reasons Why the Uber-Waymo Lawsuit Is a Huge Wake Up Call for the $3.5-Trillion Tech Industry
It's clear the potential for IP theft from insiders with their own agenda is only going to grow.
By Brian White
Business News
How Small-Business Owners Can Patent a Great Idea
Instead of letting another party run away with your great ideas and make a fortune, you need to protect your ideas from the get-go.
By John Rampton
Building a Business
5 Situations That Require a Non-Disclosure Agreement
An NDA is your basic protection whenever you need to trust someone with valuable information about your business.
Thought Leaders
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.
By Stephen Key
Building a Business
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.'
Marketing
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.
Marketing
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.
By Jim Joseph