When someone takes physical property from your business or organization, it is clearly a case of theft. However, cases of intellectual property theft are more complicated to discover and enforce. Intellectual property includes intangible products of the human mind....
Intellectual Property
How restrictive covenants can protect your intellectual property
Businesses define their obligations to their workers and protect themselves from expensive claims in part with thorough employment contracts. The arrangements you have with members of your staff determine what responsibilities they have while they work for your...
Are patent trolls impeding innovation?
Patent holders have every right to assert their intellectual property rights through whatever legal means are at their disposal. The practice of accumulating patents for the sole purpose of extracting value from them, however, has gained an unfavorable reputation...
What happens if a competitor violates my patent?
Patents are legal tools that provide an inventor the exclusive ownership of their product or process. Inventors looking to protect their intellectual property with a patent must prepare and apply for patent protections with the United States Patent and Trademark...
Trade secrets: What are they, and how can you protect them?
What is the lifeblood of your commercial enterprise? Top-tier management teams in businesses across Texas, California, Colorado and other states where commercial activity prominently flourishes closely ponder that question all the time. Is it a cadre of dynamic and...
Understanding trade dress as intellectual property
Businesses of all sizes rely on marketing in the physical and digital realm. Trade dress is the little extras that help consumers recognize a specific company’s offering. Many are more familiar with this concept under a different name: branding. “Being the brand”...
Theme park sues Taylor Swift for impact on search engine placement
A theme park in Pleasant Grove, Utah has filed a suit against recording artist Taylor Swift for copyright infringement. The dispute comes from the promotion efforts of Taylor Swift’s latest album, Evermore, and their effect on the online presence of the similarly...
Data security is crucial to intellectual property protection
In an increasingly digital age, titans in every industry are fighting a constant battle to avoid data security breaches. As data thieves become savvier, their targets continue to evolve. In recent years, cybercriminals have begun to shift their focus from personal and...
Statute of limitations can preclude copyright lawsuits
It is rare for any profitable creative or intellectual endeavor to be the product of a single mind. It is also unique for intelligent people to collaborate without clashing. Unfortunately, financial success often comes at a cost of the parting of ways. Securing...