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For some law firms, success is the ability to add new clients to their roster. And while that is an important part of any firm, there are plenty of examples of firms that are bringing in new clients and still find themselves struggling to stay afloat. Success that is sustainable and long-lasting requires greater efficiencyContinue reading “KPIs: The Business of Legal”

The internet has changed so much about how we live so quickly, and now the organizations and bodies that govern our lives are scrambling to reckon with and control those changes. Privacy and ownership rights have faced perhaps some of the biggest challenges in an era where both so much content and personal information isContinue reading “How The EU’s Proposed Copyright Law Could Alter the Internet”

Patents are an important part of any company’s portfolio, but for startups, there can be hesitance to take the necessary steps to obtain a patent for their creation. From cost concerns to the length of the process to the seeming urgency of other requirements, startup founders can cite any number of reasons to put offContinue reading “The Value of Patents”

The strength of our existing intellectual property system is the ability of any creator to protect their work through filings with the government. Not every artist or inventor has the resources of a large corporation to protect their work, so the accessibility and affordability of protection helps to level the playing field and allows independentContinue reading “Increase in Copyright Fees Could Have Creators Feeling the Pinch”

The business of freelance work can be fraught with complications not otherwise experienced with employees, especially when intellectual property is involved. Contracts have to be specific about ownership of the work created once it is transferred from the creator to the contracting party. And use beyond what was originally agreed can complicate matters, as aContinue reading “Freelance Writers Win Copyright Suit Against Publishers”

We devote a lot of writing in this space to the issues and concerns of small businesses and startups, but there is an entire subset of professionals that are part of the business ecosystem that is often forgotten, and that is the independent artists and creators that can produce the work that are often neededContinue reading “Using Creative Works to Grow Your Business”

Television can be fertile ground for copyright lawsuits, given the amount of creative work that goes into producing a single episode of original programming, to say nothing of the hundreds of scripted programs that now exist across the largest number of channels and streaming platforms that have ever existed in the history of the medium.Continue reading “Copyright Lawsuit Against HBO Dismissed”

You can read part one here.

Technology has given us more access to available information and an incredible ability to disseminate our own messages. The internet allows us to see stories and pictures and videos from all over the world from the comfort of our devices, and the phone in our pocket can capture our experiences with high quality pictures andContinue reading “Intellectual Property and the Challenges of Technology, Part One”

Technology is an increasingly important part of sports, not only in the playing of the games themselves, but in how people are consuming them. Fans have an appetite for more and more information about the action in the games they’re watching, especially in the statistics-heavy world of baseball. Major League Baseball has invested heavily inContinue reading “Major League Baseball Faces Patent Infringement, Trade Secret Theft Lawsuit”