Feb 1, 2022
Prior Art Search for your Patent
The first step for anyone with an invention or idea is to perform a prior art search and analysis in order to determine whether or not it’s already been done...
Author: Kameron Kramer
Kameron is an experienced business law and intellectual property attorney. With a technical background gained as a chemical engineer, Kameron uses his varied skills to provide general counsel and start-up services to many local and regional companies.
Jan 20, 2022
Pitfalls of Website Design Contracts
So, you’re starting a business. You’ve formed your business entity and made sure you have your trademarks, patents, copyrights, and/or trade secrets in order, and now you need to get...
Jan 10, 2022
What is a Work For Hire?
You may have encountered the language “work for hire” in a contract before. If you are a provider of services such as website design, graphic design, photography, branding, etc., then...
Jan 3, 2022
The Basics of Copyrights
Copyrights protect the expression of ideas, as compared to trademarks that protect words or logos that are used to distinguish goods and patents that are used to protect inventions. Copyrights...
Dec 29, 2021
Can I Register a Disparaging Trademark?
The Lanham Act (the federal statute that governs trademarks) states: No trademark by which the goods of the applicant may be distinguished from the goods of others shall be refused...
Dec 13, 2021
What is Cyberquatting?
Cybersquatting is registering or otherwise using a website domain with bad faith attempt to derive benefit from the goodwill of a trademark belonging to someone else. This started when the...
Aug 13, 2021
The Trademark Battle of the Golden Chocolate Bunnies
Every Easter, chocolate bunnies of various shapes and sizes can be found in most grocery store. Some bunnies even sport a recognizable gold wrapper—including the Lindt gold bunny. A German...
Oct 5, 2020
How to Market Your Business with Photos and Images Without Encountering Copyright Issues
So you’ve set up your business and the next step is to market it! A picture may be worth a 1,000 words . . . and it can also be...
Oct 1, 2020
The Great Monkey Beer Trademark Dispute
Trademark disputes are common in the craft beer industry. The abundance of craft beers all over the country results in similarly-named breweries and beers quite often. While obtaining a federal...
Aug 24, 2020
Why shouldn’t I just start my LLC myself, without an attorney?
This is a common question – “Why should I hire you instead of just starting my LLC myself?” It’s a fair question, but there are actually a number of really...
Aug 17, 2020
How Do You Remove a Member, Shareholder, Director, or Officer from Your Company?
A common question from many of our clients, or potential clients, is, “How do I remove someone from my company?” Such a common question does not necessarily have an easy...
Jul 20, 2020
One Man Holds Many Possible Trademarks For The “New” Washington Redskins
The NFL team is changing their name. Will a “Trademark Troll” profit from it? The Washington Redskins announced this week that they will be changing their team name after mounting...