The United States Patent and Trademark Office lists different types of patent applications an inventor can complete to formally gain the rights and protections that a patent offers. To make sure their requests for a patent are not denied based on application errors,...
How trademark protection works
According to the International Trademark Association, a trademark is a phrase, word, symbol or design, or a combination of these things, that helps identify and distinguish one party’s goods from others. While not compulsory, registering a trademark with the...
What is a trade secret
If you have confidential business information that is central to your company’s success within your industry, that information may be considered a trade secret by California law. California is one of many states that has adopted the Uniform Trade Secrets Act,...
The America Invents Act and patent law changes, part 2
The America Invents Act brought about specific changes to patent law in the United States in 2011. A previous blog post noted that the Act was effective in some ways, but it did not prevent companies from filing vague patents. These are patents that are not intended...
The America Invents Act and patent law changes, part 1
Whether inventions are devices or processes, entrepreneurs and businesses in Sacramento, California, should be able to capitalize on their ideas without fear of having them copied and sold by someone else. Patent law in the United States is intended to encourage that...
How to combat cybercrimes
If a company in Rosedale, California, has become the victim of cybercrime, investigating the theft of intellectual property is an important part of recovering damages to the business. In the digital age, this is constantly becoming a more complex process. Tech...
Theft of trade secrets subject of new congressional bill
While it is up to a company to make reasonable efforts to keep their trade secrets confidential in order to avoid a breach, computer hackers and other people who leak information in California, throughout the country and even in other nations should be held...
Trade secrets must be kept confidential
A company in Sacramento, California may have information such as a formula, technique, program or device that needs to be protected from disclosure. Cornell University Law School’s Legal Information Institute states that this may be possible through a patent or...
Clarity important in patent cases
One common feature of patent cases is a very high level of complexity. Without the right guidance, the complexity of these cases can be substantial barriers to many important things for a person who is in patent litigation, whether they are in the litigation as a...
NFL fighting fans over online clips: Infringement or fair use?
We have discussed copyright law in a number of previous posts, as well as the idea that protecting copyrighted material is more important than ever in the age of the internet. That being said, there are many practical challenges that come with enforcing a copyright...
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