If you're starting a business, you'll need to decide how to legally protect your brand and its assets, depending on the type of business you want to start. Trademarks, copyrights and patents are all ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. This article is more than 7 years old. Tomorrow will mark the end of National Small Business Week. Small businesses often believe ...

In the United States, brand owners traditionally protect their logos under the Lanham Act by obtaining trademark registration protection from the US Patent and Trademark Office and employing trademark ...

The financial picture of a business isn't measured solely by the amount of money it makes. Assets including intellectual property can boost a company's net worth. Companies have the right to file suit ...

Trademarks and copyright laws both protect intellectual property, but what they protect is very different. People are often confused by what a copyright covers, and what can be trademarked. Simply, a ...

Copyright protection is becoming a hot button issue across a wide variety of jurisdictions. In recent examination practice in mainland China, the number of cases ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. June 17, 2022 - Although NFT technology is relatively new, the intellectual property laws governing it are not. Nevertheless, ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. May 2, 2022 - NFTs are getting a lot of hype today, but many people do not know what they are or understand how they function ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Infringement of intellectual property poses significant losses to U.S. companies each year.As technology advances, individuals continue ...