Recently, an individual had submitted some articles to a company for use on their website. It appeared that all was well and the articles were published. However, the individual then received an email stating that unless they were to write back to the company within 14 days denying them the use of the articles, they […]
Infringing of any kind over things such as products, trademarks, copyrights, patents and intellectual property is illegal. But some people have the idea that copying or reproducing something, or producing similar things that resemble the original is not infringing or violating. Is your product infringing on others’ exclusive rights? Is the question that should be […]
In the information age today, protection of sensitive information has become a huge concern. Whether you are a small sized company or a giant it matters not, what matters is the kind and amount of data you are dealing with. The Community Health System, a healthcare giant announced on 18th August that their database was […]
The internet comes under a lot of scrutiny these days for the rampant theft of intellectual property and other things that can be easily gotten from it. Since the internet involves no personal or face to face communication people do not seem to hold it to the same values as intellectual property found in other […]
Patents, trademarks and copyrights had all settled in over the years and worked very well to protect the objects they pertained to. Business used to be conducted face to face and on a more personal level so there was almost an unwritten code of honor and respect when it came to taking ideas that were […]
There has been a lot in the news lately about big businesses suing each other over patents and copyrights. The numbers the plaintiffs are looking for in the cases are sometimes in the billions of dollar range, those are staggering figures for most of us even to imagine. These numbers are sought not only to […]
There is a very fine line between what can be used and what should not be copied from the internet. Most people follow a general rule which is “if I can see it, I can use it”. However, when it comes to intellectual property and copyright right protected innovations, people must know where to stop. […]
In this day and age where anyone can write a blog or put up a website many use images found on the internet to use to make their blog more interesting. Many times these bloggers or website owners will then be shut down after getting a threatening letter from an attorney over the use of […]
It’s hard to image how any intellectual property news or trademark law can be part of an April Fool’s joke, but the anarcho-capitalists of Keene, NH were able to pull it off, if even for just an hour or two. Free Keene is a loosely organized group of self-titled anarchists, libertarians and “voluntaryists” who openly […]
