By Mike Moore
Associate Attorney at Swider Medeiros Haver, LLP
When a business is evaluating the decision of whether or not to file a patent application, common knowledge dictates that time and money is invested in procuring the patent. Businesses may be hesitant to file the application because they may be concerned that by the time [...]
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By Spencer Trowbridge, Swider Medeiros Haver LLP
If you play in a band or are involved in creating or performing music, an understanding of certain legal principles will (a) help you protect the rights you have, (b) help you stay out of trouble (by not infringing others’ rights), and (c) make you aware of steps you [...]
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By Spencer Trowbridge, Swider Medeiros Haver LLP
Songwriters commonly collaborate with other individuals. However, in situations where there is more than one contributor to a song, issues may arise concerning ownership. For a recent example, one need not look further than the recent case of Janky v. Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau[1], a case involving [...]
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Swider Medeiros Haver LLP Releases Analysis of Innovation Trends Among Cities of the Western United States of America. General trends can be seen by analyzing and comparing the number of patents issued to inventors or assignees in several [...]
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by Tichelle Sorensen
Social networking sites are an incredibly important marketing vehicle, especially for small companies or those whose model relies upon viral or similar marketing or promotion. Using sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter has become a key component of most marketing plans. Which makes it even more crucial for companies’ to be aware [...]
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Article 1: The Venue
by Brooklyn Baggett
Law Clerk
Being in a band is more complicated than just playing music you love. If you want to make money as a band, you must all know that. A band is a business, and band members who treat it as such have greater success, make more money, and keep [...]
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by Michael Moore
The October, 2008, case In re Bilski (”Bilski”) involved a determination of whether claims directed towards a method of hedging risks in commodities trading were patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. 101. The Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, decided on October 30, 2008 that those claims were not patentable. (In re Bilski, [...]
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by Kohel Haver
Partner, Swider Medeiros Haver
The publisher of a Harry Potter “Lexicon” was permanently enjoined from printing the book because they failed to establish that the publication would survive claims of copyright infringement and prevail on a fair use defense argument. The court awarded author J.K. Rowling $6,750 in statutory damages. Warner [...]
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Our annual intellectual property metrics show dramatic increases in some types of intellectual property grants and increasing litigation for copyright. Click here to look at all the data graphs.
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by Stephen Leasia
For the overwhelming majority of start-up companies the one irrefutable truism seems to be that “cash is king.” At least in my experience, the early stages of a company’s growth call for significant investment of capital and longer periods of negative cash flow than even the most conservative business plans tend to anticipate. [...]
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