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How to Get Your Idea or Product Patent Protected

By netbizarticle at 11 August, 2010, 12:00 am

Getting a new invention onto the market can take years, especially if it requires extensive development. The process begins with defining and documenting the invention. Next, it’s important to realistically research both the competition as well as suitable markets for the product. A patent attorney is a great source to guide an inventor through this process. There are some definite do’s and don’ts that should be adhered to in this process to best protect your interests. A patent can mean the difference between an idea benefiting its inventor and one that benefits a rival with savvier marketing skills and/or better industry connections.

Attorneys in the Music Industry Specialize in Intellectual Property Rights

By netbizarticle at 18 July, 2010, 12:00 am

Given the unique nature of the entertainment industry, most specifically the music industry, contracts between recording artists and entertainment companies often use complex terms and conditions that tend to favor the company over the artist. From the company’s perspective, there are good reasons for this, but artists often leave contract negotiations feeling cheated.

Domain Names-Trademarks-Copyrights–How to Protect Intellectual Property

By netbizarticle at 24 June, 2010, 12:00 am

With ongoing controversies concerning music downloads, pirated movies and plagiarized fiction always making the news, the phrase “intellectual property” is heard on almost a daily basis. But because it covers such a variety of creative products, the average person is hard pressed to articulate the differences between patents, trademarks and copyrights. Fortunately, there are a number of highly trained intellectual property attorneys who are well-versed in this arm of the law and who can help protect clients in one of the more complicated segments of legal practice.

Trademark Laws Protect Small Businesses

By netbizarticle at 29 May, 2010, 12:00 am

Trademarks have been around since a caveman put a special curlicue on his cave drawings of bison around 5000 BC. Every ancient civilization, including the Egyptians, Greeks and Chinese put identifying marks on products to let buyers know where to place the credit or blame for their purchases, but it wasn’t until 1266 that England passed a law actually requiring their implementation. The first lawsuit involving infringement was filed in 1618, and since then, over three billion such cases have been tried worldwide.