Best News Small Business Today:
It is always important to protect yourself and your assets as a business owner of a home business opportunity online. One of the first ways to do this is by getting a trademark approved by the US government in order to protect your company name. This will be important down the […]

Branding Strategy Insider:
While organizations don’t often pursue this protection, logos are typically protectable by copyright law. Make sure your organization, and not an outside person or agency, owns the copyright to your brand’s logo.
Advertising/marketing agencies will often include an assignment of rights, titles and interests (including copyright interests) to their clients in their letters of […]

Signal:
You wouldn’t open your office for business and then go home without locking up, right? That’s essentially what you’re doing if you don’t secure your business ideas by taking the steps to protect your trademarks, trade secrets and product design and packaging.
Entrepreneurs should start thinking about protecting their intellectual property earlier than most. Small businesses […]

Science Business:
Patents may be at the root of scientific and technological advances and national prosperity, but it’s been tough to actually put a price tag on their value.
But 2 former Microsoft Corp. managers are trying to do just that. Edward Jung and Nathan Myhrvold started Intellectual Ventures, which they call an ‘invention capital’ company, in […]

IndustryWeek:
How do you prevent competitors from obtaining patents that could block you from using your own innovative ideas in your products and services? This critical question faces managers of innovation and intellectual property throughout the global economy, which is increasingly embroiled in a hotly contested patent race.
Issued patents can be deadly. Enterprises of all stripes […]

MIT Technology Review:
A new website called Peer-to-Patent intends to harness the power of online collaboration to streamline patent review. By creating a community around each application, the site facilitates public discussion and lets people upload relevant information. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is currently involved in a limited trial of Peer-to-Patent, with […]

9 entre 10 empresas e pessoas físicas têm dúvidas sobre o processo e os requisitos para o registro de marcas no Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial (INPI).
Custa caro registrar uma marca? Para que serve realmente? Devo registrar apenas o nome ou o logotipo também? Por quanto tempo vale o registro? Pessoa física também pode?
Estas e […]

ag-IP-news Agency:
US Under-Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Jon Dudas opened the agency’s new exhibit, ‘Art of Invention – Invention of Art.’ The exhibit features 70 works of art that emerged from inventions, patents and trademarks, a press release by the USPTO stated.
‘The inventors […]