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What Flavor is your NDA?

[caption id="attachment_1630" align="alignleft" width="176"] Movenpick Ice Cream, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] By Andrew Jacobson   Ah, the conundrums of a child’s summer: butterscotch, or strawberry? Mint chocolate chip, or triple fudge? Cone or Read More

What Flavor is your NDA?

[caption id="attachment_1630" align="alignleft" width="176"] Movenpick Ice Cream, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons[/caption] By Andrew Jacobson   Ah, the conundrums of a child’s summer: butterscotch, or strawberry? Mint chocolate chip, or triple fudge? Cone or Read More

Employment Law Update - How up to date are you?

By Daniel Richardson   Is your employee handbook up to date? An up to date employee handbook is important because it outlines for the employee the employer’s policies and procedures as well Read More

Employment Law Update - How up to date are you?

By Daniel Richardson   Is your employee handbook up to date? An up to date employee handbook is important because it outlines for the employee the employer’s policies and procedures as well Read More

Game of -- Pawns?

The FBI has asked us all to be on the lookout for foreign intelligence agents -- in the form of American students who interned overseas. [caption id="attachment_1612" align="alignright" width="202"] Easily sacrificed?[/caption] The Read More

DESIGN PATENTS -- The IP Solution for Many Small Businesses

By:  Sharon Adams The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently commemorated the issuance of the 700,000th design patent for a “Hand-Held Learning Apparatus” currently assigned to the Emeryville, California-based Read More

Phishing Scam Alert

Our friends at Boyer & Conniff shared this warning about IRS scams: Important reminder The IRS does not initiate contact with taxpayers to request personal or financial information by email, texting, or any social Read More

Trade Secrets Done Right

by: Andrew K Jacobson [caption id="attachment_1591" align="alignnone" width="150"] William Fothergill Cooke Journal Courtesy of Richard Warren Lipack/Wikimediacommons[/caption] Awhile ago, I wrote about how defendants can fight off bogus trade secret misappropriation charges Read More

“Who Gave You Permission to Make That?” The Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing.

By: Daniel Richardson [caption id="attachment_1569" align="aligncenter" width="185"] 3D Penrose Triangle Model http://commons.wikimedia.org[/caption] The Economist magazine has called 3D printing the “Third Industrial Revolution.” But, what is it and what do you need Read More

Where Exceptional Becomes Normal

by: Andrew K Jacobson Garrison Keillor’s fictional Lake Wobegon is famous as the place “where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above Read More

Unclassy Action

By Andrew Jacobson The class action lawsuit that engineers brought against seven of the biggest Silicon Valley companies has been tentatively settled for about $324 million. Divided equally among the 64,000 Read More

Forming a Business Entity… Which Entity is Right for Your Small Business or Start-up?

By Daniel Richardson One of the most common questions I am asked by owners of small businesses and start-ups is whether they should form a business entity, such as a corporation Read More

Copyright Trolls? Or an Innovative Business Model by Getty Images?

By Sharon Adams Certain large companies, including Getty Images, routinely send out demand letters claiming copyright infringement.  However, the actual validity of alleged infringement is rarely, if ever, tested Read More

Shallow Pockets

By Andrew Jacobson The first question plaintiff lawyers ask when a new lawsuit comes their way is “where are the deep pockets?” Suing the villain is fine, but winning only gets Read More

Scam Alert -- Court "Notice of Appearance"

by Andrew Jacobson If you receive a "court notice" via email, don't open it -- it is a scam designed to add to your computer malware designed to get you to Read More

Star-Struck, or Struck Dumb?

by Andrew Jacobson Comedian Nathan Fielder has been revealed as the brains behind the “Dumb Starbucks” shop that popped up without fanfare (or a health permit) on a Friday afternoon. It disappeared Read More

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