Can a trademark application be expedited? Trademark applications take, on average, 12 months from filing to registration. For most businesses, this feels like an eternity, but it is generally the amount of time needed to get a trademark registered. In some limited...
What are the limits on use of intellectual property in t-shirts? Recently, a friend asked me about the vast world of t-shirts. Yes, t-shirts are ubiquitous. They have slogans, pictures, drawings on them. They communicate something about the creator and the wearer....
When should you consider international trademark protection and how does it work? Your business needs to expand and your business already has registered its trademarks on its business name and all of its product names. Congratulations – your business sounds like a...
What to do if Another Company Uses Your Business’ Intellectual Property? Let’s define what it means for another company to use your business’ intellectual property. Trademark law and Copyright law provide a very specific bundle of rights. Those rights are: Produce...
What Defenses are there for Improper Use of Intellectual Property? Sometimes, a party needs to defend itself against use of intellectual property. Trademark law – Nominative Use In some cases, use of a trademark is nominative. The use of a trademark is to refer to the...
When does it make sense to worry about IP? I always advise clients and potential clients to worry about intellectual property from before the intellectual property is created. Thinking about proper planning, starting early is necessary. Trademarks The due diligence...
Here’s a question that a business owner recently asked of me: Would you be concerned about having products manufactured in other countries (China, S Korea) and then having the IP ripped off? If you are concerned, you should listen to this discussion with John Eastwood...
How to value Trademarks? One stumbling block for many businesses is in valuing intellectual property. The stumbling block is important to consider because intellectual property takes time and money to register and enforce. Valuation is important to show on a company’s...
It's Episode 20 of the "Law & Business" podcast. In this episode, Janine Just of Janine Just, Inc., "chief connectologist." Janine defines a connectologist as an agent of digital gap-bridging; a person who brings real life to digital relationships with in-person...
Anthony Verna sat down with John Eastwood of Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan to talk about some of the effects of the...
Trademarks are meant to signify the source and quality of goods or services. Therefore, trademarks that are...
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