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Book Title: Patent Pending in 24 Hours (Paperback) by Richard Stim (Author), David Pressman (Author) Editorial Reviews: Book Description As soon as you file a provisional patent application (PPA) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, you establish an effective filing date for your invention – and you can use the term “patent pending” on […]

How will I be able to tell if my desired domain name is already taken? When you begin registering a domain name, you can search the domain name database (known as “WHOIS“) to see if your requested domain name is available. If the domain request comes up with “no match” you will then be able […]

May, 2003 – Issues like county and city sales taxes, let alone foreign duties, can further complicate an already convoluted scenario, VeriSign’s Brian O’Shaughnessy said, noting that a nationwide agreement is essential to solving the online tax dilemma. In recent months, a few large e-tailers, including Target.com and Walmart.com, started charging sales tax on purchases made […]

Book Title: Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name (Paperback) by Stephen Elias (Author), Richard Stim (Author) Editorial Reviews: Amazon.com Names, logos, and other unique corporate identifying marks are the true calling cards of any business, and the third edition of Trademark: Legal Care for Your Business & Product Name, by attorneys Kate […]

Claiming and enforcing copyright Copyright is automatic in most of the world. It is essentially a private right so decisions about use of a copyright work and how to enforce copyright are generally for a copyright owner to take for him or herself. Do I have to mark my work to claim copyright? Although a […]

RIAA files more lawsuits WASHINGTON (AP) Feb 17 2004 – The recording industry sued 531 more computer users it said were illegally distributing songs over the Internet in what has become a routine reminder that college students, teenagers and others can face expensive lawsuits for swapping music online. The Recording Industry Association of America filed the […]