You’re starting a business and (after conducting a thorough trademark search) have settled on a Very Clever Name. You log in to your favorite domain registry and snap up VeryCleverName.com. Your budget is limited, but you know it’s good practice to build as extensive a domain portfolio as possible, so you also purchase variations of [...]
Twice this week I’ve heard lawyers proclaim in public that you don’t own the copyright to your work anymore, if you’ve signed a “work made for hire” agreement.
That’s not necessarily so.
The general rule is: if you create copyrightable material, you are called the “author” of that material and you own the copyright.
That general rule doesn’t [...]
If a business has a new idea or product, the immediate thought is to go out and patent the idea. While this may be appropriate in some cases, in others utilizing Trade Secret law may serve you better. If you take a look at products like Coca Cola or Krispy Kreme donuts, they have protected [...]
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