The intellectual property in software can be protected three ways: patents, copyrights and trade secrets. Patents protect “inventions” that are useful, nonobvious and novel, and must be ...

The ownership of ideas. Unlike tangible assets to your business such as computers or your office, intellectual property is a collection of ideas and concepts. There are only three ways to protect ...

The Lanham Act protects trade dress if it serves the same source-identifying function as a trademark. While it is possible to register trade dress as a trademark, for practical reasons most trade ...

Congress’s power to regulate trademarks is constitutionally grounded in the Commerce Clause. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is responsible for issuing and monitoring federally registered patents ...