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Category Archives: News
Minding Your Own Business Or Keeping Your Trade Secrets Secret
Most businesses have trade secrets. These may consist of any information, including data, formulas, methods, techniques, drawings, financial information or lists of actual or potential customers and suppliers, that generates economic value to your business by reason of the fact … Continue reading
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Acquiring and Maintaining a Trademark
Acquiring and maintaining a trademark is much like purchasing and maintaining a home. Before they purchase a home, reasonable buyers will have it inspected. That inspection will, among other items, check the electrical system to see if it is … Continue reading
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THE DEFEND TRADE SECRETS ACT
The misappropriation of a trade secret may now be enforced in the federal courts. On May 11, 2016 President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Previously, entities seeking relief for the misappropriation of their trade secrets had to resort … Continue reading
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DUE DILIGENCE BEFORE BRINGING A NEW PRODUCT TO MARKET
Before bringing a new product to market, a certain amount of due diligence is recommended. For example, before marketing a product or service; whether a financial product, a toy, a new restaurant, mobile phone app or anything else, it is … Continue reading
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YOU SHOULD POLICE YOUR TRADEMARKS!
You should police your trademarks! As I noted in https://www.chicagotrademarkattorney.net/acquiring-and-maintaining-a-trademark/ prior to selecting a trademark for either goods or services or, and you need to consider this, purchasing a domain name for those goods or services as that domain name … Continue reading
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Using Trademarks Creatively to Build Your Brand Identity
Good advertising combined with a distinctive trademark can help create a successful brand. In my blog entry entitled Acquiring and Maintaining a Trademark” (See https://www.chicagotrademarkattorney.net/acquiring-and-maintaining-a-trademark/) I wrote about the advantages of adopting an arbitrary trademark. An arbitrary mark would be a … Continue reading
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BEWARE! THE ILLINOIS “BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT”
The Future is here as long as you agree to its Terms and Conditions and sign a Release. See the retina scan used by James T. Kirk and found on your smartphone. See http://youtu.be/6JDLrTmLo8M & http://youtu.be/pJjwfrN6hTs Also see the Illinois Biometric … Continue reading
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HOW MOVING I.P. ASSETS OFFSHORE CAN REDUCE YOUR TAX LIABILITY
The “Double Irish” is neither two shots of Jameson’s nor a shot of Tullamore in a glass of Guinness. Instead it is a tax avoidance scheme used by scores of American companies including Allergan, Facebook and Google in which that … Continue reading
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EQUIFAX, SECURING & DISCLOSING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
On September 7th of this month, the New York Times reported that hackers had gained access to Equifax’s data containing, among other information, the Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers of potentially 143 million Americans. In addition that report … Continue reading
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How Trying Is Trying A Case
The following chart identifies a few major Chicago law firms, how disputes were resolved, if resolved, and, when cases went to trial, how long it took to reach a resolution. The period covered is 2000 through today and the source … Continue reading
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THE COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT
The 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1830) made criminal intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access to that computer and thereby obtaining information from it. The Act defines a “protected computer” as … Continue reading
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USING IMAGES LEGALLY
Before you use an image make sure that you have the right to do so. See http://t.co/0MG0G3QSJk for some essential information on this.
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There are Dangers Lurking in the “Internet of Things!”
There are dangers lurking in the “Internet of Things!” In the“The Internet of Things,” everything “from meat thermometers monitored with a smartphone to Wi-Fi-equipped dog collars, devices and services in homes and businesses are increasingly being connected to the Internet.” “Devices on … Continue reading
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Tagged computer security, denial of service attack, how to protect your network from third-party attacks, how to protect your systems from third-party attacks, internet of things, network security
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INTENT-TO-USE YOUR MARK MUST BE “BONA FIDE”
You can file an application to register a trademark in the United States (1) based on a corresponding foreign application or registration to register that same mark for the same goods, (2) your current use of your mark on the … Continue reading
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