IP Insights

Piracy — 11 mins

Software piracy has been around since software itself, but the tactics keep changing. Cracked installers…

China — 12 mins

Manufacturing in China can give brands access to extensive production capacity, established supply networks, specialist…

IP Insights — 6 mins

An intellectual property dispute can arise when someone uses, copies, discloses, or challenges rights connected…

Brand Protection — 13 mins

Patent protection gives inventors and businesses the legal right to prevent others from using certain…

Social Media — 5 mins

Search "is a YouTube MCN worth it" and you'll find all kinds of opinions. A…

Gray Market — 15 mins

As its name suggests, the gray market sits between fully authorized commerce and outright illegal…

IP Insights — 22 mins

A marketplace seller uses your trademark in a product title but ships an unrelated item.…

How To's — 20 mins

You discover a website copying your product images. A marketplace seller is using your trademark…

Brand Protection — 16 mins

An unfamiliar loan application appears under your company’s name. The tax authority rejects a return…

How To's — 13 mins

A UDRP complaint is one of the most widely used formal routes to recover a…

Ecommerce — 13 mins

People use “fake” and “replica” as if they mean the same thing. Sellers often rely…

Fashion — 16 mins

Fashion brand protection is no longer only about stopping obvious fake handbags, shoes, or apparel…

IP Insights — 11 mins

Utility patents and design patents protect different parts of an invention. A utility patent protects…

How To's — 12 mins

A patent gives you the right to stop others from making, using, selling, offering to…

IP Insights — 15 mins

You search for your brand and find a website that looks almost identical to your…

Brand Protection — 13 mins

Registering a trademark gives you legal rights. It does not stop a seller from adding…

Brand Protection — 15 mins

A customer searches for your company and lands on a website that looks almost identical…

Brand Protection — 19 mins

A domain that resembles your brand can do more than divert website traffic. It may…