Small Business Intellectual Property

Small Business Intellectual Property

If the term is new to you, “patent troll” is a less-than-flattering term. This term is a way to describe an individual or a company seeking to hoard patents in an effort to thwart competitors. These entities will hold a patent but won’t produce the associated product...
3 Trends in Intellectual Property

3 Trends in Intellectual Property

A significant portion of Emerge Counsel’s business pertains to intellectual property protection for emerging businesses. In 2015, watch for these three trends in the IP sphere: Globalization Is your company emerging out of its start-up phase and starting to experience...
What is Copyright?

What is Copyright?

What is copyright? Copyright is a United States Constitutional right that provides authors with certain exclusive rights in their “writings” and art for a limited time. “Writings” broadly means any work of original expression in any form and medium, including...