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Trademark Alert: Change to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Website Effective February 1, 2012, the separate icons for TARR and TDR will be merged on the Trademarks Home Page, so that only one icon for TSDR will display. From this icon, an “interim” page will be accessed, containing the link to TSDR 1.0. Please be …
Importance of Providing Trademark Notice © Jovi Federici 2011 A registered trademark notice (®) provides important benefits to any business. Failure to properly register a trademark, and failure to provide notice, may have serious, negative consequences. Nevertheless, many businesses must ask the question of whether to register a trademark considering the importance of providing notice. …
Copyright Articles
The Importance of Copyright Notice © 2011 Kenya L. Williams, Esq. What is Copyright Notice? Notice, as it pertains to copyrights in the United States, entails placing the symbol © (or the word “Copyright,” or the abbreviation “Copr.”), the year of first publication, and the name of the copyright owner, whether it be the original …
What is a Copyright? © 2011 Craig Ginsberg Introduction What is a copyright? What protections does a creator of intellectual property obtain by filing a copyright? How does a creator of intellectual property obtain copyright protection? What types of intellectual property may be protected by copyright law? What are the limitations to copyright protection of …
