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Safeguarding Your Brand? Avoid Intellectual Property Landmines
Your idea isn't the only thing that needs protection. Your name, your logo, your images and your sounds--are the intellectual property that makes your business your own.
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.
How Entrepreneurs Can Avoid Microsoft's SkyDrive Trademark Misstep
Follow these expert tips for naming your startup and protecting your brand from trademark infringement.
Using Someone Else's Intellectual Property Comes At a Price
In the IP wars, you have to figure out if a potential violation is worth the penalties you might pay.
The Rising Threat of Patent Trolls and What You Can Do to Protect Your Startup
Tim Sparapani of Application Developers Alliance provides insight into the world of patent trolls.
When Business Names Confuse Consumers: The Basics of Trademark Law
A look at the recent Florida health club lawsuit between 'YOU FIT' and competitor 'FIT U,' and what your business can learn from it about trademark infringement.
Lessons Learned from Scary Business Mistakes
Young entrepreneurs often share common stumbles. Here are three tips to avoid making the same startup mistakes.
Five Overlooked Legal Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make
When starting a business, details can get lost in the excitement of a new venture. Here are the top legal mistakes unwittingly made by new business owners -- and how to avoid them.
Protecting Your Knowledge -- and Your Business
If you're in the business of selling information -- from books and podcasts to seminars and consulting -- protect your information and your business with these legal steps.
Two Weeks to Startup: Day 6. Name Your Business
How to decide what you call your company. Plus, choosing a business structure.
Register, Protect and Defend
How to stake and protect your claim when it comes to intellectual property.
Protecting Your Brand with Trademarks
Keep your brand's integrity intact by getting a trademark for your business' logo, name, tag line and more.