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Welcome to my blog, a place dedicated to empowering all aspects of your intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and more. Please take a look around and be sure to sign up for my newsletter to make sure you never miss a post.

Attract Talented Employees

Your company’s patents can be used as protective cover for growing its market share, revenues, and/or profits by giving your company the rights to exclude competitors from, e.g., making, importing,

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Avoid Descriptive Marks

When crafting your marketing strategy, it might seem logical to choose marks that directly describe your company’s products to potential customers.  After all, a brand that clearly informs consumers about what

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Avoid Re-innovation

When your company stays aware of other’s developments, it knows from whom to purchase or license existing solutions, thereby avoiding re-innovating what is known, freeing-up company resources for creating true

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When Should A Patent Be Sought?

The decision to seek a patent should be thoroughly and carefully considered. The patenting process can be expensive, lengthy, and risky, not to mention frustrating at times. Yet, the rewards

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Promote Your IP’s Value

Perceptions of your company’s value can be improved by: Even if your company has carefully researched the market’s needs, innovated to fulfill those needs, and secured IP rights for those

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