Intellectual Property

What you can learn through copyright infringement cases

  Throughout the time sine copyright laws have been in effect, there have been many cases claiming a violation of…

9 years ago

The Hype-Wipe trademark lawsuit

Companies and individuals who invent a product or brand are understandably protective of their invention. To see how far a…

9 years ago

When a video is taken down off YouTube

Have you ever heard of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?  This Act was passed in 1998 and addresses copyright…

9 years ago

Social Media and copyright laws

In today’s fascination with social media and posting videos featuring individuals performing all sorts of things, copyright laws have become…

9 years ago

Do you need a trademark, a patent or a copyright?

Are you an inventor?  Do you always try and come up with a better way to do something?  Or maybe…

9 years ago

Possible Patent Infringement?

Have you ever invented something? If you have you might know what a patent is already. If you don’t already…

9 years ago

Terrible Trademark Trends

It’s likely at some point you’ve read something in a magazine or online that had a ™ by the name…

10 years ago

Current Copyright Conundrum

This article is copyrighted, meaning that if you use it in whole or part you are breaking the copyright law…

10 years ago

Shorter Copyright Lengths for Written Works?

Authors are currently up in arms about a proposed change in copyright law that would shorten the length of copyright…

10 years ago

The Left Shark Phenomenon

Can you trademark a costume containing an uncoordinated dancer? This is a question that has been in the news recently…

10 years ago