Author Archives: Jean Niehues

This is a guest blog by Hire an Esquire COO and Evolve Law co-founder Jules Miller. “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” –-Charles Darwin

In the first part of the sereis, we began tackling the questions posed by the attendees of our recent SCORE webinar, “IP 101.” Today, we’ll delve even deeper into the many queeries posed by the audience.

We often write and discuss what we here at Traklight believe to be the biggest or most common intellectual property (IP) and risk issues facing entrepreneurs, but such an endeavor is inherently presumptive. That’s why it’s great to hear real issues and questions that people are tacklihg in their businesses. During Mary’s recent SCORE webinarContinue reading “IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 1”

In this space, we’ve talked a lot about what intellectual property (IP) is and its importance to businesses. But sometimes it’s helpful to get clarity by looking at things from a different perspective – in this case, what doesn’t qualify as your intellectual property.

This is the second half of our  webinar recap.

Thank you again to SCORE for hosting me for “IP 101: Why You Should Care About Your IP”. The response was literally overwhelming!  We had over six hundred webinar registrants and more than two hundred people attended live – you can listen here.  At the end, there were about fifty unanswered questions.  I have selectedContinue reading “Webinar Follow-up: Why You Should Care About Your IP, Part 1”

Streaming services have become the latest step in the evolution of how we consume content. People are no longer encumbered by physical copies of the movies they want to watch or the music that they wish to listen to. That is especially true for music: not only do you not need to carry around your CDsContinue reading “Spotify Up Against Class Action Suit for Copyright Infringement”

With the new year fast approaching, now is the time for people to make resolutions for 2016. We’re all going to eat better, exercise more, finally tell off that neighbor that’s been eyeballing us since we moved in. But words are cheap, and few of us meet those goals we so ambitiously set forth inContinue reading “Protect Your Intangible Assets in the New Year”

This is a guest blog from Anna Eschenburg of Fundbox.

As technology advances, human behavior changes. Where once we were forced to deal with others face-to-face, the internet has allowed us to communicate across great distances. We can talk to relatives who live across the country, or collaborate with colleagues on the other side of the world. But our means of communication can’t make usContinue reading “Twitter Tries to Trademark “Subtweet””