Author Archives: mwillee

In this time-shifted age of television viewing, spoilers have become the bugaboo of many people’s entertainment existence. It wasn’t that long ago that missing an episode of television meant that it was simply gone, with no chance for you to catch up. VCRs changed the way people could watch their favorite programs, and in theContinue reading “Can TV Spoilers Violate Copyright?”

You value the work created by yourself and your employees. You take great care to make sure that you take the necessary steps to protect it with patents, trademarks and copyrights, and you are diligent in making sure that your employees aren’t divulging sensitive information like trade secrets outside the office.  You understand that theContinue reading “Avoid Legal Disputes to Keep Your Business on Track”

The fifth part in our series  based on David Durick of Paychex’s workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016, examines step seven and eight of the ten critical steps to building and protecting your business. If you are not sure which administrative tasks apply to you, please join Traklight here and take the free Business RiskContinue reading “Avoid Failure to Launch: Part V”

For small law firms, trying to develop and sustain success has become more than just trying to add more clients. There are plenty of firms that are able to bring in clients and yet still find themselves failing in the long run. In order to establish success that is sustainable, more and more small law firmsContinue reading “Small Law Firm KPIs: How to Measuer Your Way to Greater Profits”

In our fourth installment on avoiding failure to launch in our series from David Durick of Paychex’s workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016, we talk about critical steps five and six: putting yourself on payroll and online marketing.

This is a guest blog from author Brette Sember.

Too often businesses fail to recognize the importance of their intangible assets, instead overlooking them in favor of more immediate concerns. But failing to recognize the value in intellectual property can lead to mistakes that put businesses at risk. Here are some of the most common causes of IP mistakes and how to avoid them.

Technology has brought about a new slate of intellectual property issues that see corporations facing off in court. Google and Oracle were engaged in a lengthy court battle over the use of Java APIs in Google’s development of Android software, and numerous other companies have taken legal action against their rivals for similarly unseen elements used inContinue reading “Patent Infringement Case Between Cisco and Arista Presses Forward”

In Part II of our series based on attending David Durick of Paychex’s workshop at the Small Business Expo 2016, we will dive deeper into the first two of the ten critical steps to building and protecting your business.

When it comes to piracy and copyright violation, one would reasonably assume that the entirety of culpability lies with the offender. After all, there isn’t much in the way of excuse for doing something that most know to be wrong in misappropriating copyrighted material (and ignorance is a poor defense.) You might see characters onContinue reading “Internet Provider Penalized In Copyright Violation Cases”