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This year marks the first in two decades that a significant body of copyrighted work has lost its U.S. copyright protection and fallen into the public domain. Why is that...and what does it mean for scholars and educators? Prior to 1978, the term of copyright...
Cincinnati, OH - February 8, 2019 - Cincinnati intellectual property law firm Wood Herron & Evans is proud to announce that Sean Owens has been promoted to Partner in the firm's Branding & Content Practice Group. Sean joined the firm as an associate in 2010,...
Your business clients know it, instinctively if not empirically - there are many good reasons to use photos in their ads and catalogs and on their web pages - photos capture attention better than bold headlines, they add visual interest, and, as they say, a picture is...
Endorsements are good for business. We know this intuitively. And a 2012 article in the Journal of Advertising Research confirms it empirically, reporting that in a study of more than 300 endorsement deals over nearly two decades, endorsements resulted in an average 4...
attorneys Kenneth Germain of Symmes Township, Lori Krafte of Anderson Township, Greg Lunn of Fort Mitchell and Kathryn Smith of Park Hills recently received national recognition for their work in IP law from leading and recognized...
A trade secret is any confidential business information that gives your business a competitive edge. It is also referred to as intellectual property or proprietary information.A trade secret can be many things, including the: Research and development your firm has...
To be entitled to a patent, an invention must be more than just innovative, it must also be directed to subject matter that is "patent-eligible". At one time, rejections of applications as being directed to ineligible subject matter were relatively rare. However,...
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act serves to police online content, so don't mistakenly error. Protect your organization or client and avoid legal repercussions by following these steps. How carefully do you walk the copyright tightrope?Success in public...
Copyright protection is automatic in the US and most of the civilized countries of the world. Create a work of original expression, record it, and monopoly rights vest automatically. If that were all it took, though, pushing the envelope of art, science, or culture by...
You could be in the book publishing business for a very long time and never see one. But if by chance it one day appears, it will likely have come to you in the mail from the Office of the Register of Copyrights. At the top, the paper will read "Notice for Mandatory...