How the Law Protects Trademarks
The law protects trademarks by authorizing a trademark owner to file a lawsuit to: prevent others from using it in a context where it migh... Read story
Intellectual Property
How Federal Trademark Registration Works
Oct 21, 1999
It is possible to register certain types of trademarks and service marks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). Federal registration puts the re... Read story
Qualifying for a Patent
Oct 21, 1999
A patent is a document issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) that grants a monopoly for a limited period of time on the manufacture, use an... Read story
Obtaining Your Own Patent Should Be Easy
Oct 21, 1999
Many of us muse about the million-dollar idea: the invention that will make life easier for others and more lucrative for us. Most of these ideas never ge... Read story
Doing Away With a Bumbling Barrister
Oct 22, 1999
Q: Can I fire the lawyer who filed my patent application for me and have the patent office recognize me or some other lawyer as the perso... Read story
Patent Protection Too Costly, Some Firms Find
Sep 1, 1981
Faced with higher patent fees and the prospect of having to defend their patents in court, small innovative firms are finding other ways to protect their ... Read story
Protecting Your Intellectual Property the Affordable Way
By David E. Gumpert | Nov 9, 1999
The matter of legally protecting your intellectual property can get quite complex -- and expensive. You likely don't want to spend endless hours sorting t... Read story
Copyrights in Cyberspace
Dec 14, 1999
While browsing through on an electronic bulletin board, you come across an interesting article on dog training. Thinking it might be of interest to the me... Read story
Big Business Cries Foul
By Tom Richman | Nov 1, 1981
Small companies can patent government-funded inventions -- and the big guys don't like it. Read story
Copyright Ownership: Who Owns What?
May 12, 2000
As a general rule, the copyright in a work is initially owned by the work's creator, but not always. What are the exceptions to the rule th... Read story
What Web Site Builders Need to Know about Trademark Law
May 12, 2000
Doing business on the Web doesn't spare you from many of the same laws and customs that govern businesses in the physical world. You must pay especially c... Read story
How Trademarks Differ from Patents and Copyrights
May 12, 2000
Trademarks are often mentioned in the same breath as copyrights and patents. While they do sometimes apply to the same thing, they're more often defined b... Read story
A Trademark Tale
By Frederic Hron | Jun 1, 2000
What's in a name? Not much, according to Shakespeare, but most businesspeople would tell you that a name is a valuable business asset, a vessel for a comp... Read story
Five Ways To Protect Your Ideas
By Marvin Petry | Jan 1, 1982
These legal tools can keep you safe from marketplace predators. Read story
What Does Copyright Protect?
By David Adler | Jul 7, 2000
The Copyright Act of 1976 protects creative expression: literary, dramatic, and musical works; pantomimes and dance; pictorial, graphic, and sculptural wo... Read story
Hoyle Schweitzer's Decade Of Discontent
By Robert A. Mamis | Feb 1, 1982
When Windsurfing's president discovered that his product had already been invented, he applied for a new patent. But 20 competitors are betting it can't be e... Read story
The Easy Way to " Patent Pending" Status
Nov 1, 2000
Inventors know that inventions are often new solutions to old problems. An invention by Congress -- the Provisional Patent Application -- is a good exampl... Read story
Making Your Own Patent Drawings
Nov 1, 2000
You've invented something wonderful. You've prepared rough sketches and the written part of thepatent application yourself, saving thousands of dollars by... Read story
How to Protect Your Invention when Pitching It
Nov 1, 2000
If you're trying to license your invention, you run the risk that someone will rip you off. Here aresome ways to avoid trouble. If you've developed... Read story
Copyrighting Your Software -- Why Bother?
Nov 1, 2000
If you publish computer software, the single most important legal protection available to you is the federalcopyright law. But many software authors don't... Read story
Trade Secret Basics
By Rich Stim | Nov 1, 2000
Trade secret law gives the owner of important commercial information the right to keep others from usingit. Here's what business owners need to know to pr... Read story
Internet Business Method Patents
By Rich Stim | Nov 1, 2000
A company that develops a new way of conducting e-commerce may be able to prevent others fromusing it for almost two decades. Since 1998, an increasing nu... Read story
Getting Permission to Publish: 10 Tips for Webmasters
Nov 1, 2000
The Internet has made it possible for anyone with a computer and modem to become a Web publisher. But even though technology has made information more acc... Read story
The End of Stealth Mode for Patents
By Susan Greco | Dec 1, 2000
It will become harder for companies with new inventions to remain in "stealth mode," thanks to a major change in patent law that was scheduled to take eff... Read story
Higher Patent Fees Irk Small Inventors
Aug 1, 1982
The Reagan Administration's continuing effort to trim the federal budget has struck a raw nerve with American inventors. To pay for its overhead costs, t... Read story
Name Your Web Business
By Stan Soper | Jun 14, 2001
You've snagged a great domain name and now you're ready to incorporate. All you need to do is add "Inc." to the end of your domain name, right? ... Read story
How Arbitration Can Cool Patent Disputes
Sep 1, 1982
A patent sometimes isn't worth the paper it's printed on. Instead of protecting against competitors, it may result in costly court fights as a company su... Read story
Strategic Patenting
By Jennifer A. Redmond | Jul 24, 2002
What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make. Read story
Keep Information Under Wraps
By Carole Matthews | May 23, 2003
If you're making money, then someone out there wants your company's information, notes Alison Stein Wellner in the June 2003 Inc. article, "Spy v... Read story
Proprietary Information
Proprietary information, also known as a trade secret, is information a company wishes to keep confidential. Proprietary information can include secret fo... Read story
The Law;
By S.S. | Jun 1, 1985
Racal-Redac Inc., a $25-million CAD/CAM comapany in Westford, Mass., used to require all of its employees to sign an agreement promising not to work for a... Read story
Copycat And Mouse
By Lisa R. Sheeran | Apr 1, 1986
When you file a patent-infringement suit, about the only sure result is the size of the legal bill. Read story
Patently Wrong;
By Nell Margolis | Apr 1, 1986
ALLIED CORP. SPENT 13 YEARS and more than $75 million developing a metals-manufacturing process. But when 11 German and Japanese companies copied Allied'... Read story
How To Follow The Leader
By HENRY D. COLEMAN AND JOHN D. VANDENBERG | Jul 1, 1988
There's nothing wrong with copying your competitors' good ideas -- provided you play by the rules Read story
Patent Pending
By Erik Larson | Mar 1, 1989
Story of an inventor's 30-year battle to gain control of patent rights to the laser technology he helped develop. Read story
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