How Do I Protect My Trademark?

How Do I Protect My Trademark?

Trademark owners are always concerned about someone stealing their trademark, intentionally or unintentionally. Here are some tips for the question I hear a lot – How do I protect my trademark? Choose a unique and distinctive mark. This will help avoid the...
Estate Planning Basics, Part 2 – Steps to Create an Estate Plan

Estate Planning Basics, Part 2 – Steps to Create an Estate Plan

Estate Planning Basics: Steps to Create Your Estate Plan Last month in the first article in this series, I went over what documents are included in a typical estate plan. This month in part two of estate planning basics, I’ll go over how one actually puts an estate...
Estate Planning Basics, Part 1 – What Documents Do I Need?

Estate Planning Basics, Part 1 – What Documents Do I Need?

Creating an estate plan can be confusing if you don’t know estate planning basics. For example, most of my estate planning clients come to me because they were told they needed a trust. Wait, maybe it was a will? Which one lets the person talk to their doctors,...
Trademark FAQ

Trademark FAQ

Trademark is (for me) a fascinating area of law, and I always enjoy helping clients get their trademark registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Along the way, I’ve noticed a few questions that tend to get asked a lot, so I thought I’d devote a blog...
Collaboration and Copyright

Collaboration and Copyright

What Happens If I Collaborate? Joint Authorship in Copyright Your best friend has just approached you to co-author a book together. She has a great idea that’s sure to sell, and your skills are perfect for this collaboration. Should you do it? Let’s talk...