Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Ambush Marketing and the FIFA World Cup

By Ruth Brandstaetter and Margit Nemetz At the FIFA World Cup 2010, "Ambush Marketing" was again in the headlines."Ambush Marketing" stands for a special kind of marketing campaign where companies cleverly connect their goods or brands with a popular,...
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What You Should Know About Copyright

By Maria Anassutzi Copyright (as opposed to patents or registered trademarks) arises automatically without the author having to comply with or observe any formalities. What it is required is that the work has certain requisites. In this case the protection...
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Protecting Catchphrases, Slogans and Taglines

By Ashley C L BrownA catchphrase, slogan or tagline is an expression usually popularized by continued use by individuals, groups or companies. Oftentimes, people who own the intellectual property rights to these expressions wish to do everything they...
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Protecting Intellectual Property Rights While Filing for a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

By Aaron Kellly Think back to the time when you first conceived your idea for a business and how excited you were to jump right in and get started on building your very own company. One of the first things you did was contact an experienced attorney...
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DIY Correspondence With the USPTO

By David Faux Due predominantly to technology advances over the past few decades-the computer and Internet, above all-consumers of legal services have become more sophisticated in determining exactly what they need from an attorney. Moreover, there is...
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More on Digital Economy Act 2010

By Maria Anassutzi Further to my article on Digital Economy Act (Act), which imposes:1. Obligations on internet service providers aimed at reducing online infringement of copyright.2. Power for the Secretary of State to block an internet location, that...
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Ways To Protect Your Own Intellectual Property

By James Phange Intellectual Property is term commonly used nowadays but only few people have really grasped its meaning. Not too many people understand the legalities involved. Intellectual Property is any intangible asset that consists of human knowledge...
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What Does A Patent Lawyer Do?

By Alan Flemming If you are considering a new invention, a patent lawyer is needed to protect your idea. While most people understand that a patent is necessary to keep others from stealing your ideas, many are unclear as to what a patent lawyer does....
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8 Steps IP Lawyers Should Take To Improve Their Email Marketing And Attract Clients

By Eria Odhuba If you are an Intellectual Property legal services professional whose email marketing campaigns have failed miserably in the past, then this article will show you what you need to work on in order to be more successful.You should not abandon...
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Protect Your Intellectual Property With Help From an IP Lawyer

By Tim Bishop While it might be easy to consider how something physical such as a corkscrew could be patented, it is perhaps less easy to grasp the concept of intellectual property. But the protection of an idea which you have developed is just as important,...
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Is This The End Of The Copycat Era?

By Lewis Round It is currently estimated that approximately 7.5 million people worldwide are engaging in illegal file-sharing, with 95% of all music files exchanged online being unlicensed and unpaid for. Media files are shared between internet users...
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Eight Tips For Inventors Planning To File A Patent Application

By Frederic Douglas 1. When you get your stroke of genius and come up with an idea, WRITE IT DOWN! You need to create a record of invention before going any further.You should list:(a) A full and complete description of your idea;(b) The date (very important);(c)...
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New Codes for Advertising in the UK in Force From 1-9-2010 - A Quick Checklist of the Key Changes

By Maria Anassutzi CAP (British Code of Advertising, Sales Promotion and Direct Marketing Code) and BCAP (Broadcasting Advertising Standards Code) were revised in March 2010 following a public consultation and have now come into effect.The new rules...
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Competitive Intelligence - Getting Ahead of the Development Curve

By Tyron Stading Today companies are being forced to cope with rising litigation risk because the business environment is simply more litigious. This increased litigiousness has produced a more rigorous due diligence requirement that involves a greater...
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Latest Legal Developments in the UK

By Maria Anassutzi 1- ASA new online powers: e-commerce businesses and social media sites have six months to get ready!The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK's independent advertising regulator, adjudicates on complaints about advertising...
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Do You Need a Lawyer to Respond to a UDRP?

By Bret Moore UDRP stands for Uniform domain name Dispute Resolution Policy, and was created by ICANN, the governing body of "the Internet" (generally speaking) to assist trademark owners with combating unauthorized infringement of their marks used in...
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Help, Call The Police, Someone Stole My Work

By Ade Oduyemi They say imitation is the sincerest form of Flattery: In July, I posted Estate Planning for the Entrepreneur on the Maximum Inheritance Specialists website, I subsequently posted the article on squido. I was some what taken aback to find...
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Use UK Intellectual Property Law to Protect Your Bright Ideas

By Tim Bishop Eureka! Remember Archimedes in his bath? While the concept of having a bright idea is centuries old, the thought that it could have legal protection is relatively new. The words "intellectual property" were not coined until the 19th century,...
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Execution of Improved Patents

By BinQiang Liu Scenario:Company A has a formerly granted patent PA on product P1 while company B has a latter granted patent PB on product P2, which is am improvement on product P1.Solution:Normal execution of the above patents is as follows:If A wants...
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Intellectual Property Solicitors - Why They Are Worth Every Penny

By Tom Pearson Intellectual property (IP) is anything which has been created in the mind of an individual that is protected under IP law. Included in the list of what is protected are songs, written works, designs, inventions and symbols. The means by...
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