What is Fair Use?
As the Internet matures, users and governments are struggling to manage controversial issues.
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IP Briefing Note - Intellectual Property Law & Copyright
Copyright is a key area of intellectual property law - it grants a right to prevent others from doing what the copyright owner has the exclusive right to do.
Copyright FAQs - What Exactly is the Significance of the © Copyright Symbol?
There are two major international multilateral copyright conventions which operate in the global system.
Trade Marks & Service Marks on the Internet
The problem with trade and service marks on the Internet is that trademarks are territorial (i.
USPTO Grants Another Stupid Software Patent - Hand In Your Blackberry At the Door
Technology patents stifle innovation.
Patent Protection Makes Sense
In this dog-eat-dog world a businessperson can't be too careful.
Trademark Infringement
Trademark infringement is a possibility for every business, whether you be on the receiving end of an infamous "Cease and Desist" letter, or whether you find that a competitor is infringing one of your trademarks.
Experienced Copyright, Patent, and Trademark Attorneys may be A Great Help
If you're of the creative type, it's quite likely you've made something you'd like to protect from others.
Do you Have an Invention or an Idea for an Invention
What are inventions? Well, basically an invention is when someone comes up with an idea or an object that has never been thought of before.
Can you start selling your invention before patenting it?
Chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies spend large sums of money so that their employees burn the midnight oil and come up with great inventions, be it on a novel drug treat heart disease or a process to make large quantities of a chemical used in the manufacture of a plastic.
The U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Is An Inventor's Best Friend
Creating a new product, a new machine or launching a business with its own distinct lines is a crapshoot.
A Strong Patent Is Important To Halt Infringer’s Operations, Says U.S. Supreme Court
Chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies and inventors spend countless number of hours and a lot of money to come up with a drug for curing killer diseases like cancer or diabetes or a new catalyst to make a wonder plastic.