This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires
August 13, 2008
Have you ever come up with what you believed to be a great idea? Have you researched that idea and realised that there is actually a hole in the market that doesn’t cover your idea? One day, you are going to put that idea into practice properly and become a millionaire from it - just as... Read more »
Invention Company Scams And How To Avoid Them
May 29, 2008
Guess what? The federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that over $100,000,000 is being scammed by fraudulent Invention Marketing and Invention Patent Companies on consumers annually. That’s $100,000,000 of your money. The main reason there is such a problem is due to the fact that the general public is not aware of the problem... Read more »
Non-Disclosure Agreements and Their Importance in Development of New Ideas
May 13, 2008
A non-disclosure agreement is made between two parties when they agree that one or both parties will not reveal specific information that is considered to be confidential by the disclosing party. Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements are commonly used to enforce obligations of confidentiality on a party that is receiving information or material from... Read more »
Intellectual Property Laws in the Kingdom of Thailand
October 12, 2007
Intellectual property is one of the major types of capital assets. It is usually the result of a human brain’s intellect. It can be either tangible or intangible. Idea, process, and theory are some of the most popular forms of intangible category. Included in the tangible... Read more »
The Difference Between Trade Secrets And Trademarks
August 18, 2007
Some people get confused between trade secrets and trademarks. A trademark is something that is publicly recognized and known as being officially associated with a particular company. In contrast a trade secret can be a much more broad definition and by its very name is not made public. According to the... Read more »
How To Protect What You Create With A Copyright
August 18, 2007
In the United States there are millions of people every year who create original music, research, or write books and other forms of creative expression. These are covered by the term intellectual property and are given protection under copyright laws. If you are a publisher, writer, or editor it is crucial that you are knowledgeable... Read more »
Don’t File Your LLC or S-Corp Without Reading This
August 18, 2007
Ok, so you’ve decided to start a business, either by yourself, with a couple of friends, or maybe even with a couple of colleagues from your last “corporate gig”. You sit down at your first impromptu “business meeting” over a case of cold coke (insert other favorite beverage here) and you start your... Read more »
Patent Laws Part One
August 18, 2007
A patent basically gives the legal right to one person to exclude others from using, making, offering to sell, importing the patented invention, or using the invention. There are three kinds of patents, there is patent called a utility patent, another one called a plant patent , and a third called a design patent. A utility patent... Read more »
What Constitutes A Public Domain Work?
August 18, 2007
In this article, I am going to cover just a few more details about what constitutes a public domain work or a work that is still under copyright. So far we know that anything before 1923 is public domain and anything after March 1, 1989, is pretty much off limits until many of us are long dead and buried. And with works between... Read more »
Public Domain Content On The Internet
August 18, 2007
If you don’t have a library near you and have Internet access, you can find plenty of public domain information online if you just know where to look. One word of caution though, and this is very important. If you go to a site online that claims to have public domain works or information and the title of the site is “Joe’s Little... Read more »
