Welcome back to “IP 101: Your Questions Answered”. Today’s edition delves into questions about music and copyrights. Rather than subject you to my put-on falsetto, which had been described as “soul-killing” and “why?”, let’s get right into the questions.
98% of Trademarks in the U.S. Are Never Registered
Today’s guest blogger is Bennett Collen of Cognate.
Only an estimated 2% of trademarks are ever registered with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. I’m sure this surprises a lot of people, but it’s not a misprint. A full 98% of trademarks don’t have federal trademark protection, and that’s a conservative estimate; the real number is probably higher.
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IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 5
Welcome back to our series “IP 101: Your Questions Answered.” Last time we tackled questions surrounding copyrights and music. In this edition, we’ll look at some concerns entrepreneurs have concerning business formation and LLCs.
IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 6
Welcome back to our series “IP 101: Your Questions Answered”. In the last edition, we covered questions about business registration and LLCs. Today we’ll focus on patents and ownership rights.
Woohoo!: Title III Final Rules Before Halloween
I was in NYC in early October and met up with some fellow CfiRA (Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory Advocates ) members who have it on good authority that the Title III rules for federal equity crowdfunding will come out in October. Woohoo again! This means that you can add a federal crowdfunding campaign to your New Year’s resolution. In all seriousness, this opens up another channel for capital for startups and small businesses to raise money in the form of either equity or debt.
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IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 7
Welcome back to our now long-running series “IP 101”. In this edition, we’ll run through a few more of the best questions we’ve received about intellectual property and your business.
Instead of a contract, can we just put the licensing/branding/copy right protection language in an email as the job may be small?
IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 8
Welcome back to our series “IP 101”.Wow, we’re getting close to the end of the questions. It doesn’t seem like that long ago we were just started. For this edition, we’ll look at patents on clothing and trade dress, as well as more questions on copyright and incorporation.
IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 9
Welcome back to our “IP 101” series. Let’s get right to the questions.
I have e-published and self published a couple children’s books. Do I need to do more to protect the books from someone copying the idea?
Darwin Law #1: There’s No Such Thing as Big Data in the Legal Industry
This is a guest blog by Jules Miller of Hire an Esquire originally featured on the Evolve Law blog.
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How to Prepare to Finance or Sell your Company: Webinar Roundup
A key word in business is PREPARE. It’s something most of us learned around the time that we started receiving homework assignments. “Start with the end in mind” has been not only a personal motto, but at the core of Traklight’s software platform!
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