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Tag Archives: IP
Data Privacy Issues For Emerging Businesses
Start-ups and emerging businesses need a detailed privacy policy and data privacy plan in place from the outset.
Data Privacy Issues
Basics: Data privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, along with the determination of what …
Copyrights For Start-Ups And Emerging Businesses
A copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce copies of the work, prepare derivative works, distribute copies, perform the work, and display the work.
Copyright Basics: A copyright is a form of protection provided for “original works of authorship” …
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Trade Secrets For Start-Ups And Emerging Businesses
Trade secrets are an important and valuable component of a company’s intellectual property. Therefore, every effort should be made to identify, maintain, and protect trade secrets.
Trade Secret Basics: A trade secret is “information”, not generally known to the public, …
Increase the Value of Your Business by Protecting Your Competitive Edge – Part 2
As I stated in the first post of this series, in business, imitation is NOT the sincerest or highest form of flattery; it is someone stealing from you!! Have you found a unique way to solve a problem or improve …
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Legal Tools Can Increase the Value of Your Business by Protecting Your Competitive Edge – Part 1
Trademarks are the legal tool to protect your brand, and thus your customer recognition and goodwill.
If you are successful in business, it is inevitable that someone is going to copy you. In business, imitation is NOT the sincerest or …
SMART Patent Applications
Can filing a patent application be a SMART goal in 2017?
Yes, it can. Filing a patent application is a Specific action that is Measurable; you get a formal filing receipt indicating that your application fulfilled all the …
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Website Managers: Learn How to Avoid Trademark Bullies and Copyright Trolls
Building and maintaining a website to market a business, to promote a cause or to just blog an opinion is fraught with intellectual property (IP) issues. Protecting the content and branding on the website is one concern; making sure you …
A Descriptive Mark? Cornering the Market or Just Bad Branding?
by Kathleen Kuznicki, Esq.
If you own a business, you probably understand how important branding is for the success of your company. Although branding, originally, was a way to tell one person’s cattle from another, nowadays, a brand refers to …
Can I Copyright My Logo?
by Kathleen Kuznicki, Esq.
Businesses work very hard on establishing their brand identity. That includes coming up with a name to communicate the value of their product or service to customers, as well as a logo to visually connect with …
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IP Strategies Protect Your Assets And Minimize Your Risk
by Kathleen Kuznicki, Esq.
I work with businesses and individuals to maximize protection of their own intellectual property, and to minimize risk with regards to others’ intellectual property. Intellectual Property refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic …
