Sep 18, 2019
Trademark Trial & Appeal Board: What Is It?
Introduction What is the secret shadow court where rejected and contested trademark claims go? Who comprises this mysterious body? And...
Jun 17, 2018
How Long Does It Take to Register a Trademark?
As I threatened to do a longtime ago, I am trying out simplified articles that are quicker to read and less dense than some of my regular...
Dec 17, 2017
Video Games: How To Legally "Steal" Other People’s Ideas Part II
Last time, we talked about copyright and video games we discussed how copyright protects the literal computer code of the gaming...
Nov 18, 2017
Video Games: How To Legally "Steal" Other People’s Ideas Part I
Haha! Got you on that one, didn’t I? I bet you wanted to read the next few lines. Well, I wasn’t entirely exaggerating, but neither was I...
Apr 17, 2017
Copyrights and Copy Cats (Intellectual Property Series II)
So you wrote a new play, a movie script, or computer game, and you want to prevent people from stealing your creative juices as you try...
Mar 17, 2017
Do I Need to Trademark My Logo?
Lately, I have been getting some requests for information regarding Intellectual Property, so I thought I would create a little something...
Oct 17, 2015
Blogging Liability II: News Aggregation: (The Art of Stealing er Borrowing Other People's Posts)
This is the second article on the pitfalls blogging operators face. A very popular type of blog is the news aggregation website. you...
Aug 17, 2015
Blogging Liability Part I: Defamation
So, you operate a website or a blog on someone else’s website and you really enjoy it or you use it as a main source of revenue. You are...