Intellectual Property Law

SEC: No Really, ICOs Are Securities

Posted on 01/11/2019 at 12:42 PM by John Lande

Categories: Banking Law, Commercial Litigation, Cybersecurity Law, Intellectual Property Law, John Lande

Tagged As: cyber security, ICO, intellectual property, Iowa banking law, Iowa Commercial Litigation

A common trope is that technology is evolving too fast for the law to keep up. Companies like Uber, Tesla, and Coinbase...

Intellectual property considerations for entrepreneurs

Posted on 11/01/2017 at 01:51 PM by Amy Plummer

Categories: Amy Plummer, Intellectual Property Law, Start-Up Group

Tagged As: copyright, how to apply for a patent, how to file a patent, how to obtain a patent, intellectual property, intellectual property search, intellectual property software, international trademark, invention patent, Iowa Intellectual Property Law, Iowa Start-Up Group, lawyer company, legal advice, local attorneys, patent, patent application, patent infringement attorney, patent lawyer, patent my idea, patent research, provisional patent, provisional patent application, registered trademark, start up capital, starting a business, startup attorney, startup companies, startup lawyer, trade secrets, trademark, trademark a name, trademark application, trademark infringement, trademark registration, what is an intellectual property lawyer

Do you write and create software for your start-up business? Have you developed a new and unique invention? Maybe you ho...

What is a domain name?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: ccTLDs, country code top-level domains, domain name, domain name registrars, domain names and trademark infringement, generic top-level domains, gTLDs, Internet Protocol resource, IP resource, sub-domains, TLDs, top-level domains, trademark infringement

A domain name is like a home address only on the Internet. It represents an Internet Protocol (IP) resource and se...

What is a copyright?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: artistic works, audiovisual works, choreographic works, copyright, copyright co-owners, copyright holder, copyright owner, copyright protection, derivative works, dramatic works, independent contractor, intellectual property, intellectual works, literary works, made for hire works, motion pictures, musical works, original works of authorship, public performances, published works, transfer ownership, unpublished works, works made for hire

Copyright is a form of protection provided to the creators of original works of authorship, including literary, dramat...

What is a trademark/service mark?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: arbitrary or fanciful marks, descriptive marks, federal trademark law, generic marks, service mark, state trademark laws, suggestive marks, trade dress, trademark, trademark law, trademark licensing, trademark protection

A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of the same, that identifies and distinguishes the sou...

Trademark enforced at highest level: Others' use is no excuse

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: Iowa Intellectual Property Law

President Obama's campaign, Obama for America, recently filed a trademark infringement suit against a Washington-bas...

The universal peace symbol - unregistrable as a trademark

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: Iowa Intellectual Property Law, peace symbol, trademark law, trademark protection, TTAB

In a recent decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Craigslist, Inc. was unsuccessful in securing feder...

Selecting a strong trademark

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: copyright, Iowa Intellectual Property Law, patent, trademark law

Selecting a trademark can be difficult. You'll want to select a strong mark which conveys to the consuming public th...

New Top Level Domain names released | From A-Z

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: ICANN, Iowa Intellectual Property Law

As anticipated, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released the list of businesse...

New top-level domain names (gTLDs): What's all the talk about?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: domain names and trademark infringement, gTLDs, ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet protocol addressing, Iowa Intellectual Property Law, new gTLDs, top-level domain names, trademark infringement, trademark owners, trademarks

On January 12, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for...

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