In today’s fascination with social media and posting videos featuring individuals performing all sorts of things, copyright laws have become a hot topic. For example, log on to YouTube and there are millions of hopeful stars doing their version of their favorite artist’s song. As flattering as this may be, is it a copyright infringement? […]
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Social Media and Breaking the Law
Many businesses these days use social media to help reach customers. They post status updates on Facebook – they tweet sales and thoughts on Twitter. It’s working too! Customers love to keep up to date with what’s on sale, what discounts are being offered and special promotions. Customers especially love the interactive nature and informal […]
Getting A Refund From The Patent Office If You Are Now A Small Entity
By: Mark R. Malek This concludes the series of articles that I have been writing on entity status in the United States Patent Office. The first article introduced the new micro-entity status. The next article gave some background information on what would happen if you claimed the wrong entity status before the USPTO, and the latest […]
