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Bloggers Beware – Copyright Trolls on the Prowl

By Sharon Adams | Dec 11, 2015
Certain large companies, including Getty Images , routinely send out demand letters claiming copyright infringement based ...
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Social Purpose Corporation – May Consider Public Benefit In Addition to Maximizing Profit

By Sharon Adams | Nov 5, 2015
Since 2012, California has created two new corporate structures: (1) the social purpose corporation; and (2) ...
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For Profit Corporation Means Just That — Maximizing Profits to Shareholders is Essential

By Sharon Adams | Nov 5, 2015
Corporate law requires corporations to maximize profits to shareholders.   This absolute requirement may expose corporate leadership ...
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Trademark Specimen of Use — Is “TM” or ® OK to use in a specimen of use?

By Sharon Adams | Oct 28, 2015
It is the policy of the  U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) that trademarks may not be warehoused, ...
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Copyright Protection May Be Available for Professional Engineering Plans

By Sharon Adams | Oct 10, 2015
Professional engineers (PEs) often work as consultants, rather than employees.  If a PE is an employee, ...
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DESIGN PATENTS — The IP Solution for Many Small Businesses

By Sharon Adams | Oct 8, 2015
By: Sharon Adams May 2014 The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)  commemorated the issuance ...
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Good News for Yoga Practitioners and Speech Advocates — Bikram not entitled to copyright his Sequence

By Sharon Adams | Oct 8, 2015
On October 8, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California affirmed a previous ruling by a federal ...
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