Intellectual property involves rights that a party has to intangible items like copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other things. People who infringe on another's intellectual property can be liable to the party that holds intellectual property rights. Residents...
Intellectual Property
YETI, Amazon, sue over counterfeit mugs
Earlier this year, fans of the popular outdoor brand YETI were delighted to find their travel mugs for sale at a reduced price. The only problem? The sellers didn’t have the right to sell YETI products. Amazon and Yeti have filed a joint lawsuit in the Western...
How Can A Business Protect Its IP?
Intellectual property (IP) is amongst the most valuable parts of a company. What may be a company's greatest asset is also what puts that business most at risk. Cyber attacks and security breaches most often target this kind of property. Every part of a business's...
Don’t let your trade dress go unprotected
There’s no doubt that intellectual property can set your business apart from your competitors. However, intellectual property is often only as valuable as it is policed. If you don’t catch a trademark infringer, for example, then you won’t be able to stop them and...
How can I protect my company from IP infringement?
You and your employees have work tirelessly to run the successful business you have created. But if someone finds out your methods to success and uses and claims them as their own, then your whole business will suffer from top down. Whether you fear someone may steal...
