Intellectual property refers to the expressions of creativity such as naming of goods and services in interstate commerce, inventive concepts, art and designs. Individual legal rights to protection of this creativity can be found in patent, trademark and copyright law. An intellectual property law attorney can help explain the differences and similarities among these three…
The Differences Between R Within the circle ®, TM, and SM The encircled R ® is a federal registration symbol. This symbol is used once the trademark is officially registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Goods or services that are being marketed based on a pending trademark application cannot use the encircled…
Source: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/small-business/small-businesses-share-their-experience-with-amazons-black-business-accelerator To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator, we talked to small business owners who found success participating in the program’s inaugural year. In 2021, Amazon committed $150 million over four years to empower Black entrepreneurs through the launch of the Black Business Accelerator (BBA). Over the last year, BBA has…
Should I Call a Patent Attorney? Allgaier Patent Solutions receives calls and emails from inventors who are interested in protecting their ideas. Most inventors are interested in marketing, licensing or selling their ideas. Most inventors would mention that they have upwards of 5 ideas and are ready to move forward right away. Most patent attorneys…
Logo Registrations You company logo helps to identify your goods and service. This is the most important method of distinguishing your brand from other companies. Please give us a call to help you protect your logo by registering it a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A standard character mark protects letters or numbers…
Should I Call a Patent Attorney? Allgaier Patent Solutions receives calls and emails from inventors who are interested in protecting their ideas. Most inventors are interested in marketing, licensing or selling their ideas. Most inventors would mention that they have upwards of 5 ideas and are ready to move forward right away. Most patent attorneys…
Subject to certain defenses, it is copyright infringement for someone other than the author to do the following without the author’s permission:1. copy or reproduce the work2. create a new work derived from the original work (for example, by translating the work into a new language, by copying and distorting the image, or by transferring…
How long does copyright protection last? The length of copyright protection depends on when a work was created. Under the current law, works created on or after January 1, 1978, have a copyright term of life of the author plus seventy years after the author’s death. If the work is a joint work, the term…
WHAT IS FAIR USE OF A COPYRIGHT? What is Fair use of a Copyright? Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research—are examples of activities that may qualify as fair use. Protect your…
Trademark examples Almost anything can be a trademark if it indicates the source of your goods and services. It could be a word, slogan, design, or combination of these. It could even be a sound, a scent, or a color. Standard character trademarks Most trademarks are register as standard character trademarks. These trademarks consist of words, letters,…
