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What an Intelligent Small Business Owner Needs to Know About Copyright Law - Part 1
Your Idea alone cannot be Protected An entrepreneur calls me with a new way to code medical claims and wants me to “copyright” their...
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How to Use a Trademark Properly
A trademark client once told me he couldn't wait for his brand to be so famous people would use it as a verb, like “to google” (to search...
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What Can’t Be Registered?
Besides not being able to register descriptive words, generic terms, or certain geographic terms in a trademark, there are a few other...