INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW RESOURCES

The information bellow covers common intellectual property creation and protection issues (patents, trademarks, including trademark opposition proceedings, copyrights, trade secrets) that come up for consideration regularly. If you have a subject in mind that has not been covered below, you may forward an eMail to us and we will try to address the question you have in future issues of CONCEPT LAW® newsletter and future postings on this website. The subjects below will be covered once every 10 - 14 days. How often they appear on the website will be determined by the workload. Writing some of these subjects takes a significant amount of thought and time. This is an ongoing project. So, be patient.

DISCLAIMER - Please note that the information provided bellow is of a general nature and may not apply to any specific or particular situation. It is not to be considered as a legal advice nor presumed to be indefinitely up to date.

GENERAL ISSUES

• General Overview of Intellectual Property

• General Ownership of Intellectual Property

• Intellectual Property Issues in a Technology Startup

• Avoiding Mistakes in IP Protection

• How Startup Can Lose Intellectual Property (Litigation)

• How Startup Can Protect Intellectual Property

• Startups, Venture Capital and Intellectual Property Due Diligence

• Startups, Venture Capital and Patent Protection

• Startups, Nondisclosure Agreements and Venture Capital

• Sale of Business Forgotten IP Assets

• Post Recession Intellectual Property Strategies for Startups

• Startups & Intellectual Property Licensing

• Protection of Intellectual Property Through Employment Agreements

• Ownership & Clearance of Intellectual Property (Litigation)

• Securing Intellectual Property (Litigation)

• Invention Assignment Agreements

• Confidentiality & Nondisclosure Agreements (Litigation)

• Intellectual Property Merchandise Program

• Capitalizing on Intellectual Property

• Intellectual Property Licensing (Litigation)

• Software Development & Licensing

• Dramatic Performance & Intellectual Property

• Literary Works and Intellectual Property

• Music Licensing & Intellectual Property

• Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in China (Litigation)

• Staying Out of Court While Staying in Business (Litigation)

• Strategies for Keeping Cost of IP Protection Down (Litigation)

• Intellectual Property Due Diligence Check List

• Battling Patent Troll

• Software Licensing

PATENTS

• Patents

• Patent Process FAQs

• Patent Searches

• Popular Patent Law Misconceptions

• Patent Infringement and Freedom to Operate

• Canadian Patent Application Flowchart

• U.S.A. Patent Application Flowchart

• Filing Canadian Patent Application

• Filing U.S.A. Patent Application

• Filing U.S.A. Provisional Patent Application

• Filing U.S.A. Design Patent Application

• Advantages and Disadvantages of U.S.A. Provisional Patent Application

• Filing a Foreign Patent Application

• Patent Licensing

• Patent Infringement (Litigation)

• Patent Infringement and Freedom to Operate (Litigation)

• Battling the Patent Troll (Litigation)

• Building Patent Portfolios

TRADEMARKS

• Selecting a Trademark

• Trademark Searches

• Canadian Trademark Application Flowchart

• U.S.A. Trademark Application Flowchart

• Trademarks, Trade Names, Service Marks and Domain Names

• Trademarks, Distinguishing Guises & Trade Names

• Trademarks and Domain Names

• Popular Trademark Law Misconceptions

• Filing Canadian Trademark Application

• USA Trademark and Domain Name Protection

• Filing International Trademark Application Under Madrid Protocol

• Policing and Enforcing Trademarks (Litigation)

• Trademark Licensing

• Trademark Infringement (Litigation)

• Packaging and Product Configurations

• Litigating Trademark Cases 1

• Litigating Trademark Cases 2

TRADE SECRETS

• Trade Secrets

• Trade Secret Misappropriation (Litigation)

• Trade Secret Protection (Litigation)

• Trade Secret Protection and Unfair Competition (Litigation)

COPYRIGHT

• Copyright

• Copyright Infringement (Litigation)