Licensing your trademark – The Kardashian sisters recently won a large trademark infringement case that they filed against Haven Beauty and its principal investor, Hillair Capital Management. Haven Beauty was licensing the trademarked Kardashian name to sell the...
As a small business owner, it can be daunting to consider the process of protecting your business ideas. For many, intellectual property is a new level of asset protection with a patent or even a trademark or copyright. You’re busy, and you are likely focused on many...
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...
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? 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...
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