Intellectual Property

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Patent Profanity

A good rule of thumb for most is to keep profanity out one’s work product (unless you’re a rapper; and then it’s expected). Decorum in

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kill a patent

How to Kill a Patent

From 1836 (the start of the present patent numbering sequence) to the present, over 9 million patents have been granted by the United States Patent

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Hashtags: Trending Trademarks

“#What?” That’s what many of us lawyers who were not weaned on the Internet actually think when we see a hashtag (the “#” symbol immediately

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internet

The Wild West 2.0

The Internet was started by academicians as an information exchange program – a new frontier in communications. Initial users were pioneers; few in number and

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invention

Inventing Is A Team Sport

Who owns an invention (and the patent rights to it)? For a business owner seeking product exclusivity, ownership of the intellectual property rights for that

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