I’ve always felt television, in the limit, will be delivered over IP. Specialized, proprietary cable TV distribution is gradually giving way to big, fast, cheap IP pipes. The way our traditional television content is produced, financed, and distributed is balled up in a big legacy with a lot of inertia. MORE >>

making, using, selling, and importing patentable inventions and reproducing, distributing, performing, and making derivative works of copyrightable inventions). Schafer is an intellectual property attorney who helps entrepreneurs keep their IP interests straight. We can refer to these as STI’s (Secret Third-party Interests). Heather N. MORE >>

Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed last week ), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are relevant to most startups. Instagram is a textbook example.) MORE >>

Under the 1976 Copyright Act (United States), the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the work. The right typeface is often the key to a great logo, graphic or web design. But there’s much confusion and misinformation about typefaces, fonts and the law. The U.S. MORE >>

Take Time to Review Your IP Strategy and Protection. As I explained in my last post, January is a great time of year to review your IP protection strategies and see if you need to file additional copyright registrations (and trademark registrations and patent applications)!  Benefits of Copyright Registration. 99 cents? Type of Work. MORE >>