If you live in California and believe your intellectual property has been reproduced, performed, displayed or used as a building block for another project, it is possible that you have a case for copyright infringement. However, in order to build a case, specific...
Intellectual Property
Keep your trademark safe
When you run a business in California, you usually develop a unique brand. If you want to protect this brand, it is a good idea to establish a trademark. We at , know it is important for you to understand how you can protect this...
Considering product licensing? What the licensor should know
For inventors focused on research and design, aspects of manufacturing and marketing can be an unwelcome challenge. Product licensing can be a way for an inventor to launch an idea and bring their product to market. For many, product licensing offers an ideal balance...
Using patent-sharing to expand into new markets
A breaking news story has just come out that Google and Tencent, China’s biggest tech company, have agreed to share patents covering a range of products and technologies. Tencent Holdings, Ltd., best known for its WeChat messaging app, is the fifth largest tech...
What is unfair competition?
California business owners just like you strive to provide customers with excellent service and premium products. So what do you do if you feel an opponent is getting ahead in the market through underhanded means? In some cases, you may be facing unfair competition....
Discussing the intricacies of copyrights
Copyrights are vital parts of the world of intellectual property. Alongside patents, trademarks, and trade secrets, copyrights round out a wide range of critical pieces of intellectual property that afford a bevy of rights to individuals for their hard work and...
What constitutes copyright infringement?
When a California resident creates an original work that has been presented in a fixed state, meaning you have recorded it in a tangible way such as written, photographed or otherwise physically documented, obtaining a copyright allows for that work to be protected....
Washington Post lists ‘Stupidest Patents of 2017’
A year-end wrap-up of patent highlights in a major newspaper focused on a trend toward what it called "stupid patents." There is an actual endowed position at the Electronic Frontier Foundation in San Francisco, dedicated toward identifying and exposing stupid...
