As was discussed in our last post in our Intellectual Property 101 series, the holder of a copyright in a work is granted five exclusive rights in their work: the right to reproduce the work, the right to prepare derivative works based upon the work, the right to distribute the work, the right to [...]
Intellectual property law can be very confusing. It seems like not a week goes by when we’re not asked by someone to “help me patent my logo” (you can’t patent a logo) or informed that “we have a trademark in our software” (the name of software can be trademarked, but not the software itself). [...]
William Shakespeare once famously asked, “what’s in a name?” If the “name” in question is that of your brand, the answer is “everything” and selecting a strong trademark is absolutely essential to the success of your business. But how do you select a strong trademark? While there is no exact science to doing it, [...]
