Copyright, ISBN & More

Do I have to copyright my book before I send it to a publisher? What if a publisher steals my work?

Intellectual Property: Community Trade Marks – Registration Refusal – Likelihood of Confusion

In Alcon Inc v Of Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) [2005], a mark was refused registration because the public was likely to confuse the mark with another similar mark.

Trademarks: When and How to Search and File Trademark Applications

A trademark can be any word, slogan, design, symbol, or even a color, smell, product configuration or a combination of these, used to identify the source of origin of particular goods and services. The trademark serves as a source identifier of your goods and services, to distinguish it from the goods and services of others.

Intellectual Property-Exclusive Rights

Exclusive rights- is it well defined? Will the infringer get to be sued? Copy rights, Patent, Trade marks, industrial designs and trade secrets and all these come under Intellectual Property.

PPC Ads Face A New Trademark Limitation

A federal court ruled last week that it is not only a trademark violation any longer to use another company’s trademark to deceive search engine users in the paid ad headline. The court has further ruled, that you can not purchase a trademark as a keyword to bring up your paid listing on Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines.

Domain Names - A Market of Great and Growing Importance

The sale of domain names generated $29 million in 2005, with increasing numbers each year after that. Domain names transactions involve large amounts money, and the market for them is quickly becoming one of the most important in the new century. Domain name arbitration is not the only way to ensure that URL's go to whom they should.

Jump on Your Intellectual Property Rights

If you are a startup business looking for financing, you should already have (1) acquired your IP rights (patents, trademarks, and copyrights) and (2) cleared your business of any IP infringement. Investors and competitors respect the value of patent and trademarks and applications for them. Investors should not invest in a startup, unless they are assured that its product or service is not infringing another's IP rights.

The Intellectual Property Audit - Finding What You Have (Part I of V)

Does your organization account for over 80% of its assets? These assets are not bank accounts or physical possessions; they are not even your real estate. They are the product of your organization's collective mind: your intellectual property. Find out how to find and quantify your IP in this article.

Business Records & Identity Theft

Did you know that identity theft victims are entitled to FREE copies of your business records relating to the identity theft. You need to know the process for handing the records over!

Preventing Identity Theft

Preventing identity theft is never foolproof but use these tips and you'll have a much better chance at preventing identity theft before it happens.

Workplace Identity Theft: The Threat From Within

This article discusses the problem of identity theft in the workplace and how to prevent it.

How To Avoid Becoming A Victim of Identity Theft

With identity theft statistics currently at an all time high, and climbing, it just makes sense that we should all be doing everything we can to protect ourselves.

Identity Theft Article - A Phisher Is Trying To Steal Your Identity!

Sooner or later everyone with an email account will receive a phishing attempt from some internet scammer. What is phishing? How can you protect yourself? These are some of the questions this identity theft article will provide, along with some free resources and practical advice on how to protect your online identity.

Protect Yourself from Identity Theft

This article explains the dangers of identity theft, and how to protect yourself from identity theft.