Trademarks, Business Assets

Trademark Ownership And What Happens To Your Trademark When You Die?

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC on 9/23/2024

As folks prepare their estate documents, they need to consider who they want to receive their assets, house(s), vehicle(s), or that Bob Ross painting they found at a garage sale 20 years ago. What many people don’t think...more

Trademarks as Assets: Selecting or Changing a Mark in the United States

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 8/30/2024

As part of our series on trademarks as critical assets for businesses, this article discusses the importance of selecting and clearing a new or altered trademark for use and registration in the United States. Trademark...more

California Business Divorce: Understanding IP Ownership in the Context of Operating a California Business

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth on 3/28/2024

Picture a renowned winery in the heart of Napa Valley that has built its reputation on a trademark that connoisseurs associate with exceptional quality. This trademark, a symbol of years of hard work and dedication,...more

All clear? The importance of trademark clearance searching in Canada

Smart & Biggar on 3/27/2024

Trademarks allow consumers to distinguish between products and services of one business and those of another, making them a most valuable business asset. However, that asset’s value is closely tied to the extent to which an...more

Evaluate the Risks When Using Non-Competes

Ruder Ware on 9/28/2023

In today’s interconnected world, how to protect vital business assets such as key employees and confidential information is top of mind for businesses. Tools such as non-solicitation, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements...more

Are You & Your Business Assets Fully Protected?

Sherman & Howard L.L.C. on 4/17/2023

Today it is more important than ever to ensure you, your company, and your business assets are fully protected from the inside out. If not, it could mean losing everything. Here’s a list of items to consider when reviewing...more

2023 IP Resolutions Start with a Review of IP Assets

Weintraub Tobin on 1/12/2023

As 2023 commences, it’s time for companies to review and take stock of their intellectual property assets. This applies to companies that have never taken serious steps to protect intellectual property and companies that...more

Beauty (and Value) In the Eye of the Beholder: What Is My Private Company Truly Worth

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 10/4/2022

It is common for private company owners to wonder what price they would receive if their company was offered for sale. When a business owner wants to formally determine the company’s actual value in the marketplace, however,...more

Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Identifying IP Opportunities in Today’s Economy

Williams Mullen on 11/3/2020

COVID-19 has taken a significant toll on a variety of businesses, and despite their best efforts, some may end up in bankruptcy. For those businesses, selling IP assets may enable them to find liquidity to satisfy creditors...more

Monthly Minute | January 2020

Kilpatrick on 1/27/2020

Once a month, Kilpatrick Townsend will cover an interesting topic. This month, senior associate Richard Goldstucker discusses intellectual property assets....more

Court Takes Ambiguity Off the Menu of Restaurant’s LLC Agreement

Farrell Fritz, P.C. on 12/2/2019

I’ve lost track of how many lawsuits I’ve seen between co-owners of New York City restaurants. It’s not surprising given the high percentage of restaurant failures in an intensely competitive market with high rents, high...more

Adopting trademarks that can expand with you

McAfee & Taft on 1/16/2019

When a company is starting up, there are a few legal matters that need to be addressed at an early stage. Trademark clearance and registration need be on the list. The following is an example of a scenario that we see on a...more

Intangible Risky Business

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 8/1/2017

The national, and many times global, reach of most businesses, regardless of size and physical location, continues to drive the ever increasing importance and value of intangible assets. In fact, a business's intellectual...more

Corporate Housekeeping Tips: Keeping Your Website in Tip Top Shape

PilieroMazza PLLC on 6/25/2015

Among the other areas of your business that you need to keep in order, don’t forget your website. Your website is the company’s digital storefront to the public. Protecting it is paramount to protecting your brand. Below is a...more

U.S. Brand Holders Anticipating Business in Cuba Can and Should Protect Trademarks

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 4/22/2015

As we noted in our Client Alert on December 18, 2014, President Obama has announced that he will take steps to ease regulations that have largely prevented U.S. companies from conducting business in Cuba for more than 50...more

Craft Brewery Intellectual Property Primer

Baker Donelson on 2/18/2015

A. Introduction - A name. It all starts with a name. A series of words, individually with little meaning, but collectively, the embodiment of creativity, passion, and inspiration. Whether the name of the craft brewery...more

New Year – Consider a Trademark Audit

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/5/2015

A trademark is an intangible asset of the company that, like most assets, should be audited periodically. Ideally, a trademark audit examines and evaluates the strengths, weaknesses, and relative value of a company's...more

Trademark Licensees May Be Protected in a Licensor’s Bankruptcy Even After a “Free and Clear” Sale

Mintz on 12/22/2014

The Bankruptcy Code generally permits intellectual property licensees to continue using licensed property despite a licensor’s bankruptcy filing. However, because the “intellectual property” definition in the Bankruptcy Code...more

Intellectual Property Issues for Health Care Providers - November 2014

Troutman Pepper on 12/3/2014

In This Presentation: - Introduction - Intellectual Property (IP) Basics - IP Strategy - IP Encountered by Health Care Providers - Securing Ownership of IP Assets -...more

Intellectual Property Law Issues for Health Care Providers

Troutman Pepper on 12/3/2014

Whether they are aware of it or not, health care providers create, purchase and use a variety of intellectual property daily in the course of operating their businesses, sometimes leading to issues involving patents,...more

Intellectual Property Basics (Updated)

Jackson Walker on 11/24/2014

You can buy or sell breakfast or a toaster without a lawyer. Business law is based on common sense. Intellectual Property (“IP”) is different. Common sense does not always apply to IP. This is dangerous because IP can be a...more

Are You Taking Care to Create Value for Your Company's "Secret Sauce?"

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/3/2014

To develop a successful long-term risk minimization strategy, your company must take time to create and protect valuable intellectual property assets. To be effective, this strategy will involve critically analyzing your...more

Security Interests in Intellectual Property and Related Issues in Bankruptcy

Greenberg Glusker LLP on 8/26/2014

Intellectual property (“IP”) can act as collateral to be pledged to secure an extension of credit. For example, a company that borrows money from a bank can pledge its patents as collateral for the loan. The bank (referred...more

Protecting your intangible assets

McAfee & Taft on 6/30/2014

The beginning of summer marks the start of a new chapter for both recent graduates looking for work and the businesses looking to hire them. But before you dive into that growing pile of resumes on your desk, take a...more

Financing with IP Collateral

Winstead PC on 6/9/2014

In a recent guest post on the Patently-O blog by Dennis Crouch, William Mann, an assistant professor of finance at the Anderson School of Management, UCLA, notes the explosion in USPTO filings that record a creditor’s...more

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