Intellectual Property | Law 4 Small Business, P.C. (L4SB)

We do a lot of work around Intellectual Property (IP). Learn about IP matters such as Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade secrets, Patents, Trade dress and more.

Playing Background Music At Your Business? You Might Be Breaking The Law.

July 23, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit, Marketing, Small Business, Strategic Planning / 0 comments

Music is the universal language. Regardless of race, religion or nationality, music moves us, inspires us and can even influence our behaviors. If you own a business and play music, you stand to benefit from an array of positive results ranging from increased sales, more satisfied customers, even happier employees. The experience of entering a […]

One Man Holds Many Possible Trademarks For The “New” Washington Redskins

July 20, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Marketing, Tech Law, Trademarks / 0 comments

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 criticism that the name is offensive to Native Americans. https://abcnews.go.com/US/washington-redskins-change-years-backlash/story?id=71744369 However, one fan has already jumped on trademarking potential options for new team names for […]

Investor, Partner or Vendor? How to Contribute to a Company and Benefit By It.

July 16, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Anonymous LLC, Business Tips, Commercial Transactions, Intellectual Property, LLC, Partnership, Tech Law / 0 comments

Whether you are an engineer, scientist, artist, developer, financial whiz or just someone with a useful asset, odds are you’ve been asked to join, help or participate in a startup company. If so, and you’re wondering what options are available to participate, this blog article is for you. First, Evaluate Your Personal Preferences Before I […]

What is TEAS Plus When Filing a Trademark Application?

July 7, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Intellectual Property, Small Business, Strategic Planning, Tech Law, Trademarks / 0 comments

In the past, we have talked about many different trademark topics. When looking at trademarks themselves, we have discussed the difference between ® and TM. After a trademark has been filed, we have written various blogs about office actions and how to respond to them, including, likelihood of confusions rejections in trademark applications, non-distinct office […]

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July 2, 2020 / by Kristy Donahue / Business Tips, Contracts, Copyright, Corporations, EEOC Violation Defense, Employee Management, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Expungement of a Criminal Record, Human Resources, I-9 Audits, Intellectual Property, LLC, Marketing, Move Your LLC, Other Corporate Entities, Partnership, Patents, Resolving Disputes, Small Business, Strategic Planning, Taxes, Tech Law, Toxic Employee Consultation, Trade Secret, Trademarks / 0 comments

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Big Trademark Win For Dot-Com Brand Names

July 1, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit, Marketing, Small Business, Strategic Planning, Tech Law, Trademarks / 0 comments

New Supreme Court Ruling Is A Victory For Dot-Com. The US Supreme Court just ruled that ‘Booking.com’ can be federally trademarked. The USPTO had rejected the mark ‘Booking.com’ as being a generic term for travel reservation with a simple dot-com attached at the end. A generic trademark is a mark that has become generic and […]

Frost Bank in San Antonio Encounters Patent Lawsuit

May 29, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Intellectual Property, Patents, Texas / 0 comments

Frost Bank in San Antonio has been served recently with a patent infringement lawsuit by company Lupercal LLC. The lawsuit identifies Dallas as Lupercal’s place of business, yet there is no entity by that business name registered to do business in Texas, according to the Texas Secretary of State. Lupercal LLC appears to be a […]

™ vs. ® – What the heck do these two symbols even mean???

May 18, 2020 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, Business Tips, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trade Secret, Trademarks / 2 comments

Next to most logos or brand names, you can find either a ™ or a ®. Obviously, they must have some significance, but what is the difference between the two symbols? First and foremost, the ™ means that the mark is being used as a trademark to denote the source of the goods. It should […]

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Answering Demand Letters Regarding Your Website

February 5, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Copyright, Intellectual Property / 0 comments

As an attorney who deals with hi-tech cases, a few clients have expressed to me a situation that I feel any business owner who has a website should learn from. The situation involves business owners that paid an independent contractor to build their websites. Unconcerned with where all the images came from, they never asked […]

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