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Intellectual Property Defense

Intellectual property insights and discussion to help you create, secure, maintain, and exploit your competitive advantage in the marketplace

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How crowdfunding can bar you from getting a patent

Let’s set the stage: Nikola has a brilliant idea but doesn’t have the time or money to focus on turning his idea into a working product. Nikola hears ...

How crowdfunding can bar you from getting a patent

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Mark Guinto / AUTHOR

Let’s set the stage: Nikola has a brilliant idea but doesn’t have the time or money to focus on turning his idea into a working product. Nikola hears ...

Blog Post MAR 28, 2018

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...Selecting a brand for your new company or new product

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Emily Vlasek / AUTHOR

When developing a new brand for your business, it’s not as easy as coming up with a clever and catchy name. Rather, you need to consider conducting ad...

Blog Post MAR 26, 2018

Top 5 things to know about design patents

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Mark Masterson / AUTHOR

What is a design patent? A design patent is a legal form of protection for the ornamental design of an article of manufacture. The subje...

Blog Post MAR 13, 2018

Your new employee is accused of stealing trade secrets - now what?

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Let’s say a top-notch engineer in your industry wants to leave their employer – a competitor of yours – and join your organization. They never signed ...

Blog Post FEB 27, 2018

How to use intellectual property to increase franchisor entity value

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Todd Benni / AUTHOR

The intellectual property (IP) components of a franchise are often the true lynchpins of entity value. After all, a franchisee is in essence purchasin...

Blog Post DEC 19, 2017

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of patent office's "death squad"

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Mark Guinto / AUTHOR

On Monday, June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States vs. Greene’s Energy Group, et al.1 One major issue that the high court a...

Blog Post JUN 13, 2017

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