Hi, I'm Anthony Verna, managing partner, Verna Law, P.C. We focus on intellectual property and advertising law. You can find us at vernalaw.com. Now, let's get to the meat of this. Do I need a model or prototype before I can file a patent? No. It's one of the most...
On Episode 58 of the "Law & Business" Podcast, Anthony sits down with James Kwon, the CEO and Executive Strategy Chef of Figmints, a digital marketing agency in Providence, Rhode Island. Figmints has cracked the code on creating, developing, and delivering the...
Anthony Verna sat down with John Eastwood of Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan to talk about some of the effects of the COVID pandemic. Some of the topics covered are intellectual property, especially in relationship to bankruptcy, and employment law across borders and...
Trademarks are meant to signify the source and quality of goods or services. Therefore, trademarks that are descriptive are relatively disfavored. How can someone register a descriptive trademark? I discuss in this video blog! Here is a lightly edited version of the...
How to patent an idea – or, more appropriately, how to take your idea and move it into a state in which you can receive a patent and protect it. A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the United States Patent and...
What is our law firm’s philosophy? Our law firm’s focus is patent, trademark, copyright, and advertising/e-commerce/privacy and general business law. This means that we believe in the ability of a business to protect its intellectual property – its patents,...
Yes, you can “trademark your name.” But, first, what does it mean to “trademark my name”? If your business name, phrase, slogan, tagline, product name is being used to identify goods or services with your business, then it is a trademark. The registration of a...
A United States trademark search is necessary for due diligence purposes. At Verna Law, a United States trademark search is performed before every trademark application is filed. There are many reasons for this, which will be explored below. Since...
This is another video blog to go with our Patent Law FAQ - we hope you continue to enjoy our video blogs. Here is a lighted-edited transcript of the blog: Can I get a patent on my software? I'm Anthony Verna, managing partner of Verna Law, P.C, where we focus on...
Here's a lightly-edited transcript of the video blog: Hi, I'm Anthony Verna, managing partner, Verna Law, back for...
Lightly-edited transcript of the blog entry: Hi, I'm Anthony Verna, managing partner, Verna Law. Let's talk a little...
Hi, I'm Anthony Verna, managing partner, Verna Law. You can see us on the web at vernalaw.com. So 2021 is coming up -...