Do you have an idea for a great new patentable product and trademark? Of course you do – you’re reading this newsletter, after all. But do you know how to commercialize your product and trademark; that is, how to turn your ideas into money? Before you can make money with your ideas, you must learn […]
Tag Archives: business
Privacy We Give Up for Cell Phone Convenience
November 30, 2011
Internet Law
Most of us use our cell phones for business and personal use. For instance, in the car returning from a family Thanksgiving celebration, my wife read her business e-mail, checked the weather, referred to a map for our location, and browsed for Black Friday sales. We all assume such phone activities are relatively private, but […]
Ask Dr. Copyright….
July 28, 2011
Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
Dear Doc: We have a small business, and recently, one of our key employees quit unexpectedly. Of course, we quickly secured things, but a customer just called to say that she has been contacted by the fellow, and that his company’s brochure is quite similar to ours, offering the same services and products. We did […]
Who Owns Your Invention?
May 26, 2011
Patent
James Joyce (no, not the author) learned the hard way that selecting your form of business and assigning ownership are crucial steps in promoting an invention. Mr. Joyce invented a new computer firewall and granted an exclusive license in the patent to TechGuard Security LLC, which was owned by Mr. Joyce and his wife. Mr. […]
A popular method for protecting and managing intellectual property (“IP”) assets — high valued assets, in particular — is to transfer them to a special company created for the purpose of creating, protecting, licensing, and monitoring, IP. Typically, a corporation may create a subsidiary to hold its IP, which it may license back to the […]
The Secret of the Nooks and Crannies
August 27, 2010
Lipton Weinberger & Husick Blog
Traditional methods of intellectual property protection have their limitations, particularly for protecting ideas. Patents only protect new, useful and nonobvious ideas, the details are public, and protection last only for a fixed term of 17 or 20 years years, depending upon the filing date; and trademark and copyright law do not protect ideas at all. […]
The United States Supreme Court Sends a Message
June 28, 2010
Internet Law
An employer’s right to monitor employees’ electronic communications in the workplace is fairly well settled, particularly when the employer provides its employees with the equipment and has express policies on computer and Internet usage. In City of Ontario v. Quon, the United States Supreme Court has finally added to the growing body of law on […]
With the economy slow to recover, many firms, both for-profit and not-for-profit are offering summer internships, rather than paid positions. Sounds good, right? The employer gets free labor, and the intern gets experience and resume enhancement. What could be better? Well, it turns out that paying a fair wage could be better because both federal […]
If you create a corporate entity in a state where your company may not have a physical presence, most states will require you to maintain a corporate agent, that is, an individual or entity who is responsible for receiving legal documents — notices and court papers — on behalf of your company. Pennsylvania differs in […]