An Overview of the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) was passed in 1999 in order to provide protections for companies and individuals who had a third party register their company name as a domain. At that time, people were buying up the domain names of famous individuals, companies of all sizes, trademarked names, and a variety of other things with the intent of simply holding them until another party wanted to buy Read More

Why Your Website Needs a Privacy Policy

For most businesses today, having a website is an essential part of their marketing and overall branding strategy. In many cases, it is also a key area where sales and customer interaction take place. With this in mind, you need to make sure your website is set up properly so that you can maximize its benefit. One critical aspect of your website that many people overlook is the privacy policy. While very few people Read More

Anti-SLAPP

You have a constitutional right to petition the government for a redress of grievances guaranteed under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution as well as the free speech and petition clauses of many state constitutions. If someone is trying to intimidate or censor your free speech, you have the right to fight back and in some cases there is already legislation to help. What is a SLAPP? A SLAPP or a Read More

What You Need to Know About Cyberbullying

When most people hear of cyberbullying, they assume that it is an issue only impacting young people who are bullying others online. While that is certainly a major component of this problem, this is just one aspect of a much larger subject. In fact, cyberbullying today impacts adults all the time, and is even a very serious legal subject that can lead to fines and jail time. If you are a victim of cyberbullying, or Read More

The Communications Decency Act of 1996 | The Volatile Law that Built the Internet

The Communications Decency Act was first made law in 1996 and has been one of the most important and volatile sets of rules and regulations ever since. Immediately after its passing, free speech groups filed suits to rule it unconstitutional due to it being vague in a number of areas, which would result in it violating the first amendment. Much of the original law was indeed ruled unconstitutional, but some of it Read More

4 Situations When You Need a Nondisclosure Agreement

If you are running a business, you need to make sure you are able to maintain every possible market advantage possible. For many businesses, the most important thing is to keep your products, technologies, strategies, and other ideas private so competitors can’t use them. One of the most effective ways to do this is to use non-disclosure agreements whenever appropriate. These agreements will allow you to share Read More

A Step-by-Step Guide to the Patent Process

Do you have the next great idea for a product, app, or other item that you hope will make you millions? Before you are able to really move forward with this type of thing, you need to protect your idea so it isn’t stolen the second someone hears about it. In order to get legal protection of your idea, you will need to obtain a patent from the US Patent Office. With millions of ideas patented, and new ones being Read More

Understanding Domain Name Warehousing

One issue that most companies don’t expect to have to face when running their business is called “domain name warehousing.” This is a practice wherein a domain name registrar will gain control of an expired domain name and then not list it for resale right away. This is done with the intent to try to sell the domain back to the original owner or another party at an inflated price. In most cases, a business will Read More

Intellectual Property Law 101: What’s the Difference Between Trademarks and Copyrights?

For today’s modern businesses, protecting the business’s intellectual property is almost as important as protecting its physical, tangible property (and in some cases, even more so). In order to ensure your IP is legally protected, you need to use and employ the right tools and strategies. In many cases, this means filing for either a trademark or a copyright and then continuing to protect your rights even after you Read More

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