You found it the way most people do. A customer mentioned it in passing. “I almost called the other guys by mistake. I thought it was you.” Maybe someone tagged the wrong company on social media. Maybe you were Googling your own business name, something most business owners do more often than they admit, and […]
You have been sitting with it for a few days. Maybe you wrote it on a napkin during a lunch meeting. Maybe it came to you at 2 a.m. and you typed it into your phone before you forgot it. Maybe you have been testing it on friends and family, and they keep saying it […]
Picture this. Three years ago, you hired a freelance developer to build your company’s customer portal. You paid every invoice on time. The project took six months and turned out exactly the way you wanted. Today, that portal runs your entire client-facing operation, including scheduling, billing, account management, and more. By any reasonable measure, it […]
Introduction How do federal district courts within the region of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (namely, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida) analyze a statute-of-limitations defense in copyright cases? That proverbial answer “it depends” rings out in reply. Here, it depends on where in this Circuit the case sits and even, in at […]
On November 28, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice titled Revised Inventorship Guidance for AI-Assisted Inventions (“the Revised Guidance”), expressly rescinding its original guidance on that subject published in February of 2024 (“the Original Guidance”). As previously discussed, the Original Guidance followed case law holding that artificial intelligence (AI) cannot […]
The IP Legacy of “Roundball Rock” and the Enduring Power of Creative Ownership With the regular NBA season beginning on October 21, and an announcement by NBCUniversal earlier this year that, beginning in October 2025, it would once again play John Tesh’s “Roundball Rock” in conjunction with its broadcasts of NBA games, the time could not […]
Most businesses think of intellectual property (IP) as a protective shield — a tool for defending inventions, logos, and ideas from competitors. While that’s certainly part of the story, it’s not the whole picture. IP isn’t just a legal formality — it’s a strategic asset that can influence funding, partnerships, branding, and long-term business value. […]
In the whirlwind of running a business, it’s easy to overlook some of the more mundane aspects of operations—contracts being one of them. Yet, contracts are foundational to business success and stability. A well-negotiated and carefully drafted contract clarifies relationships, expectations, and protects your business from significant risks. Conversely, a poorly constructed contract or oral […]