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12 02, 2014

3 Keys to Controlling Intellectual Property with Contracts

By |2016-01-14T17:15:17+00:00February 12th, 2014|, , |0 Comments

It is pretty easy to get overwhelmed by trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. The laws for each one are complicated. They are a fairly nuanced combination of statues, regulatory rules and agencies, bizarre legal documents (just sit down and read a patent sometime if you don’t believe me), and court decisions. On top of [...]

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24 01, 2014

Remember One Thing about Intellectual Property

By |2018-01-26T03:00:35+00:00January 24th, 2014|, |0 Comments

While intangible assets are powerful and valuable, they are also fragile and sometimes difficult to see. Nowhere is this more true than the food and beverage industry. Is your recipe the basis of your success, or is it something else? Is it your catchy name and logo that your customers connect to or is it you standing at [...]

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24 01, 2014

Remember One Thing about Intellectual Property

By |2018-01-26T03:00:35+00:00January 24th, 2014|, |0 Comments

While intangible assets are powerful and valuable, they are also fragile and sometimes difficult to see. Nowhere is this more true than the food and beverage industry. Is your recipe the basis of your success, or is it something else? Is it your catchy name and logo that your customers connect to or is it you standing at [...]

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17 01, 2014

5 Trade Secret Mistakes You Should Not Make

By |2018-01-26T03:00:49+00:00January 17th, 2014|, |0 Comments

Most business owners have heard of trade secrets. But most also think that they are something that only big businesses have. You probably picture cloak-and-dagger industrial espionage when you hear about trade secret theft.  In reality, all businesses have trade secrets. Yours included. A trade secret is really any information that is valuable to your business because it is [...]

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20 09, 2013

What is a Trademark?

By |2018-01-26T03:00:50+00:00September 20th, 2013|, |0 Comments

Trademarks are all around us. The most common ones are familiar company names like Apple, Nike, or Whole Foods. We also know company logos that are trademarks, like Apple’s stylized apple with the bite out of it or the Nike swoosh. Company slogans can be trademarks too. If someone says, “Just Do It” you know who they are talking [...]

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20 09, 2013

What is a Trademark?

By |2018-01-26T03:00:50+00:00September 20th, 2013|, |0 Comments

Trademarks are all around us. The most common ones are familiar company names like Apple, Nike, or Whole Foods. We also know company logos that are trademarks, like Apple’s stylized apple with the bite out of it or the Nike swoosh. Company slogans can be trademarks too. If someone says, “Just Do It” you know who they are talking [...]

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7 06, 2013

Who Could Confuse Cider and Coffee? (Different Products, Same Trademark)

By |2016-01-14T17:15:09+00:00June 7th, 2013|, |0 Comments

Certainly not Vermonters and certainly not with regard to the beloved woodchuck. Or could they? Vermont Hard Cider Co., the makers of Woodchuck Hard Cider, is duking it out in court with Woodchuck Coffee Roasters. Woodchuck (the cider people) has evidence of actual confusion among consumers over who actually makes Woodchuck coffee. Basically, their customers are asking when [...]

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22 02, 2013

Trademark Scam Alert – A Trademark Cancellation Advisory That Isn’t?

By |2018-01-26T03:00:56+00:00February 22nd, 2013|, |0 Comments

It is a familiar tale. You get the day’s stack of mail and start to flip through it to figure out whether it is the usual junk, there is something good (like the check you were expecting), something less pleasant but necessary (like an invoice from your supplier), or one of those out-of-the-blue pains-in-the-butt that just [...]

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15 02, 2013

What is Private Labeling?

By |2018-01-26T03:00:56+00:00February 15th, 2013|, , |0 Comments

The Peanut Principle makes awesome natural nut and seed butters with other creative ingredients, like chocolate, maple syrup, and Asian spices.  I've reviewed Peanut Principle products here.  Savor NY is a local retailer in Cooperstown that focusses on New York made products and has long carried Peanut Principle peanut butter.  I’ve reviewed Savor NY here.  [...]

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15 02, 2013

What is Private Labeling?

By |2018-01-26T03:00:56+00:00February 15th, 2013|, , |0 Comments

The Peanut Principle makes awesome natural nut and seed butters with other creative ingredients, like chocolate, maple syrup, and Asian spices.  I've reviewed Peanut Principle products here.  Savor NY is a local retailer in Cooperstown that focusses on New York made products and has long carried Peanut Principle peanut butter.  I’ve reviewed Savor NY here.  [...]

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