Intellectual Property

It’s taken many years of hard work but you’ve finally established your company and things are going well. You have a loyal and hard-working team on board, and your branding is clear and precise and says exactly what you want to say.   In fact, your business is so...

These days, a lot of companies rely on the creativity of their employees and independent contractors as part of their business model, whether that means those employees are designing new products, creating new code or producing media for public consumption. Does that...

Coming up with an invention that you know is going to be popular is a marvelous feeling. Some inventors might not realize that they need to take steps to protect their interests before they put their products on the market.  There are two primary ways that you might...

Many small businesses in the United States are owned by former military veterans. In fact, some estimates put this at more than two and a half million businesses that are veteran-owned in the United States. This is quite a substantial share of the market and...

Trade secrets, innovations, developments and original ideas are invaluable to modern businesses. Collectively, these are your business’s intellectual property. Unfortunately, these things are so valuable that they are often the target of theft. As a business owner,...

Trade secrets are very important to the future of your business, and you need to know how to protect them so that they don't fall into the wrong hands. If the competition gets your trade secrets, that can dramatically hurt your plans for the future and may eliminate a...

The company-formerly-known-as-Facebook is now called “Meta,” and its leaders want everybody to know that the future is here – in the form of something called the “Metaverse.”  What’s the Metaverse? At its most basic, it’s a virtual world where people – via their...

Creating your brand has many components. In addition to your products and logos, you have to consider your product’s image for your customers. A significant part of your brand’s image comes from a combination of your trademark and trade dress. When your customer picks...

Often, a website is integral to, if not the driving force behind, your business. However, at times, business owners neglect to consider whether or not their website can be protected. As one of your most valuable business assets, protecting your website should be a top...