Intellectual Property Attorney

What is an Intellectual Property When asked what I do for a living I say that I am an Intellectual Property Attorney and then the blank stares start to come. The next question I have to usually answer is what is an Intellectual Property Attorney? Then comes the long...

What exactly is a DBA?

So, what exactly is a DBA? DBA is an acronym for Doing Business as. Your business may want to take on a trade or fictitious name that is not the legal name of your business. Another name for a DBA is a trade name. Each state allows you to register your trade name...

Copyright and Death…What Happens?

Copyright and Death….What Happens to the copyright when the copyright owner dies?  A copyright does not become public domain once the author dies. The term of the copyright depends on whether the copyright was published and the date of first publication. For works...

Intellectual Property In the Metaverse

Many companies have taken the necessary steps to protect their Intellectual Property in the Metaverse. The metaverse was coined by Snow Crash in 1992 book Snow Crash. “So Hiro’s not actually here at all. He’s in a computer-generate universe that his computer is...

Supreme Court Decisions – 2022

There have been some major Supreme Court Decisions this year and a few more to come.   1. School Prayer – Kennedy v. Bremerton School District The court ruled that the football coach at the high school has a constitutional right to pray at the 50-yard line after...