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Recently, we have been blogging about our new software: the good, the bad, and the awesome, but today thought we would share the results from our team debrief:

A virtual-reality hardware firm might soon find itself in an all-too-real courtroom after accusations of intellectual property theft.

There are undoubtedly a myriad of thoughts running through the mind of any young man who achieves his boyhood dream and gets drafted into the National Football League (NFL): Am I going to start right away? What should I buy with my first big paycheck? Do I have to go to Jacksonville, or can IContinue reading “Johnny Manziel Seeks Trademark On “The House That Johnny Built””

I woke up on April 4th and realized I had a podcast to do in the next 45 minutes. Through the power of Gmail search I pulled up the requirements—“Be prepared to talk about one problem you are having.” Just one? I started by asking our CFO what he thought I should talk about andContinue reading “Traklight’s First Commercial: Podcast Idea Comes To Life”

Every four years, people around the globe gather in front of their televisions to watch the World Cup. National pride swells, and old rivalries are renewed (with the aggression hopefully limited to the pitch). Countries like England, Italy, and Mexico take a pause from being world leaders and become the Three Lions, Gli Azzurri, andContinue reading “World Cup Fans Carded For Trademark Infringement”

This is just a quick post to update our readers on some exciting Traklight news. Mary has been feverishly writing up a storm as she is now a regular contributor to Forbes.com. That’s right – we’re on the national scene! It has been an exciting transition and definitely something we recommend our readers stay upContinue reading “Traklight Shares Intellectual Property Content on Forbes.com”

With the majority of business transactions and information being conducted and transmitted online, security issues for intellectual property (IP) will continue to be a major problem here in the United States. But intellectual property theft isn’t always conducted online. It may sound like “Hollywood spy-stuff,” but there’s the potential for IP snoops who might workContinue reading “3 Ways to Become an Intellectual Property Theft Victim”

The 1980 film Raging Bull is considered by many a classic, earning two Academy Awards as well as frequent placement on most lists of the greatest films ever made. But one fight viewers have never seen recently made its way to the highest court in the land, and the ruling could affect future copyright lawsuits.

Our Taking the Scary Out of Startup series is now in full swing and half over. Last week, we talked about some of our wonderful advisory board mentors; this week’s series will discuss why contracts matter. If someone tells you that contracts are a waste of time and that only lawyers insist on contracts, walkContinue reading “Taking the Scary Out of Startup: Why Startups Succeed, Part 6”

Disney is taking a more relaxed attitude toward intellectual property protection. One of the problems with modern internet technology, such as YouTube, is that it has granted people more power to engage in copyright infringement and intellectual property theft. Filmmakers, for instance, have often found themselves running ragged chasing down instances in which unauthorized clipsContinue reading “Disney’s Relaxed Attitude Concerning Intellectual Property Protection”