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Registering your trademark isn’t the finish line. Here’s what you have to do afterward, correct use, policing for conflicts, and USPTO maintenance deadlines, to keep
September 8, 2026
Searching Google and TESS for your exact name isn’t a trademark clearance search. Here’s what a real search covers, and what most DIY searches miss.
September 1, 2026
Patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyright, trade dress—physical products can need all of them. Here’s what each covers and the order that actually makes sense.
July 14, 2026
Trade secrets protect customer lists, pricing, and processes, but only if you can prove you tried to keep them secret. Here’s what actually counts, and
June 23, 2026
Different AI design tools have wildly different rules about trademark registration. Canva explicitly prohibits it. Midjourney has a revenue threshold. Adobe Firefly offers IP indemnification.
June 9, 2026
You’ve spent years building an audience under your handle, but here’s the thing nobody tells you: that handle is not a trademark. It’s a license
May 13, 2026
Your intellectual property is property. Legally, practically, economically, it is an asset, just like your house, your investment accounts, and your business equipment. And like
May 6, 2026
Taylor Swift just filed to register her voice as a trademark. Here’s what that means for creators, and the 8 brand deal contract clauses you
April 28, 2026
What’s trade dress? If you’re a guitar person, you know which brand is associated with a slanted headstock. If you enjoy vodka, you know which
April 21, 2026
Last November, the Johnny Cash estate sued Coca-Cola for using a tribute singer specifically chosen to sound like the Man in Black, without permission, without
April 7, 2026
The artificial intelligence tools you are using right now to run your business, to write your marketing copy, design your logo, generate product ideas, create
March 31, 2026
The Four Intellectual Property Tools Every Creative Needs in Their Arsenal: When we talk about intellectual property, we are talking about four main categories: copyright,
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