Trademark vs Copyright – Understanding the Different Protections of Intellectual Property
One of the most common sources of confusion among people seeking legal protection for their intellectual property (“IP”) is the difference between trademark and copyright. Although both are types of...
Why Your Business Needs to Register Copyrights
The Importance of Registering Copyrights The distinctions between copyrights, patents, and trademarks is often confusing and misunderstood, even by business people that regularly deal with intellectual property. Here we will...
Specifics on Service Specimens – Meeting Trademark Requirements
Often our clients will ask about how they can meet the requirements for a “specimen” in their application to register a service mark with the United States Patent & Trademark...
Coming to Terms with Your T&C’s – Why Terms of Use are Critical for Your Company
Every time you’ve installed a piece of commercial software, you’ve invariably been presented with what must have appeared to be legal gibberish- a seeming difficult to read, needlessly long, solid...
Social Media Game Plan: IP and Marketing Law Playbook
This is a reprint of an article co-authored by Barry M. Benjamin and Feras Mousilli (available by selecting here) that was first published in the ACC Docket in September 2010....
The Startup Conference 2017
Don’t miss the 8th edition of The Startup Conference on May 17 in Redwood City. With 1,000+ entrepreneurs and investors, The Startup Conference is one of the larger tech conference...
Legal Issues for Startups in 2017
For all of you thinking of building your startup, here’s a great article on some of the advice that we provide our clients on typical issues that arise when you...