What is a Private Placement Memorandum? In order to raise capital, many small businesses seek investors through what are known as private placements. These “private placements” can offer limited partnership interests, common or preferred shares of stock in small corporations, bonds, or even notes. These offerings are generally exempt [...]
What Material is Protected by a Trademark? Many people confuse what is protected as a trademark with copyrights and patents. Each of these terms describes a protection for very specific types of intellectual property. “A trademark is generally a word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination thereof, that [...]
An Overview of the Copyright Law The copyright law of the United States is governed by Title 17 of the United States Code and was enacted as the Copyright Act, Public Law October 19, 1976, as Pub. L. No. 94-553, 90 Stat. 2541 (the “Act”). The Act is the [...]
Protect Your Most Valuable Asset – The California Uniform Trade Secrets Act Does your business have trade secrets? Of course it does! Trade secrets in California means any “information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process” that has actual or potential value that is not known to [...]
Dissecting the Software Licensing Agreement For those involved in the creation and distribution of software, the software license agreement plays a vital role in protecting the intellectual property rights of the licensor of the software. Failing to have an adequate agreement can, and generally does, lead to infringements into [...]
