Google recently lost an infringement lawsuit regarding a patent that most people wouldn’t think of as being intellectual property: a filtering technology that generates online advertising based on search terms. Vringo, Inc. was awarded over $30 million for Google and four co-defendants’ – AOL Inc., IAC/InterActiveCorp, Target Corporation and Gannett Co Inc. – infringements on...
Category: Intellectual Property
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Who controls Intellectual Property in the Workplace?
A “work made for hire” is a piece of intellectual property created by an employee or independent contractor of a company in which the rights to the property belong to the company, not the author. There are many things to consider in regards to this law, the first being whether the author was an employee...
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Digital Assets Are Part of Florida Estate Planning
When most people think of Estate planning, they think of packing up a house and dividing assets such as jewelry, baseball cards, and family heirlooms. These are all important things to think about, but in today’s age of technology, there is a whole other area of assets to include in your estate plan: Digital Assets....
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Avoid Infringing on Someone Else’s Trademark
Avoid Infringing on Someone Else’s Trademark: It is important when thinking about trademarking your business, logo, product or any other trademark-able item, that you make sure you do not infringe on someone else’s trademark. There are some simple steps to take to protect yourself from the costly mistakes of infringement. Four simple steps that Boyer...
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You Need an Attorney to Protect Your Property
You Need an Attorney to Protect Your Property: With the recent news of PIPA (Protection of Intellectual Property Act) and SIPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act) being shelved by the United States Congress, many people may wonder what they can do to protect their intellectual property. Whether you are creating new products or improving on inventions...
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Online Protests Force Congress to Rethink Bills
Congress put two controversial bills on the shelf last week. The Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) and Protect IP Act (“PIPA”) received a lot of attention from the public. Over 13 million people made their voices heard, mostly online, and forced Congress to halt any votes planned for the two bills. Many people viewed the...
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The International Trademark
Are you wondering how to get your slogan or logo trademarked internationally? Well Boyer Law Firm can help. There are different ways an international trademark can be applied for: 1. Through the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office, 2. Through the desired country directly, and 3. Through an 3rd party company. A trademark is a name,...
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Boyer Law Achieves Trademark for Client
Boyer Law Achieves Trademark for Client: We are pleased to announce that Boyer Law successfully obtained a U.S. and FL Trademark approval for our Client. Client T wanted to set up a personalized attraction tour and then wanted to trademark the attraction tour logo rapidly. Since the client’s service mark was specific in nature we...
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How to Maintain Your Attorney-Client Privilege
How to Maintain Your Attorney-Client Privilege: The attorney-client privilege is a sacred thing. It provides protection to the matters you discuss with your attorney that relate to your case. However, there are ways that you as the client can break the attorney-client privilege that can be detrimental to your case. It is important for a...
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Copyright v. Trademark: What’s the Difference?
Everyone has heard of something being copyrighted or trademarked. However, people often use these terms synonymously when in fact they mean very different things and have very different implications. Although I explain the difference between a trademark and copyright, most of my focus is on explaining a copyright. Let us begin with defining a trademark....