Protecting important intellectual property, and checking to make sure that you aren't infringing others' trademarks or patents, both can add value to your business in the long run. However, as this article details, being careful with...
This article explains the importance and value of conducting a trademark search as a preliminary step to creating your brand strategy. The article explains how a trademark search can keep you from having to change your brand strategy in...
Baseball and patents go together like ... well, maybe the connection is not entirely obvious. This article, however, does use a baseball analogy to illustrate the relationship between patents held by failed startups, angel investors, and patent...
Most start-ups lack the funding to carry an idea through from inception to product launch without the help of a third-party. This can be a problem when the idea is not yet patented. It can be a bigger problem when the idea is not even...
This Halloween-themed article decries the existence of zombie patents, and notes that the recent America Invents Act finally gives entrepreneurs a means of fighting back against these scourges of innovation. The article focuses on three new...
One of the provisions of the new America Invents Act was to switch America from a first-to-invent to a first-to-file system. While the effects of this change on small businesses and independent inventors are debatable, it is certain that...
Bob Villhard uses this blog post to advise that entrepreneurs with ideas of questionable patentability think twice before discarding those ideas. He notes some ways in which patent attorneys may be able to analyze an idea and find ways to...
The internet makes it incredibly easy for parties to infringe your trademarks, and it also makes it easy for these infringements to remain undetected. Dianne Smith-Misemer compares the effect this has on your revenues to what a slow motor oil leak...