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Should You Hire an Attorney to Register Your Trademark?

October 06 2021

If you’re seeking to trademark intellectual property for your company or brand, whether it’s a product name, a logo, or a slogan, you may be tempted to do it yourself. And provided you live in the U.S., you’re eligible to do so without the help of an attorney. But going it alone isn’t always a …

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What is the Difference Between a Trademark, a Patent, and a Copyright?

September 17 2021

When you or a group of collaborators come up with a work, invention, or idea through your own creativity and original thought process, you’ve created intellectual property. Unfortunately, unlike most physical property, intellectual property is easily stolen or misattributed, which can result in its rightful owners being denied credit and compensation for their work. People …

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What Are Common Types of Workplace Harassment?

August 12 2021

Every job comes with its own challenges, stresses, and frustrations. But those challenges should never be due to unfair, threatening, and harassing treatment from other employees, supervisors, managers, and owners. Unfortunately, countless California workers deal with that exact scenario every day, which not only makes them less effective at their jobs, but it can also …

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How to Tell if You’re Misclassified as an Independent Contractor

August 03 2021

One of the most common ways that California employers take advantage of workers is by utilizing them as independent contractors instead of employees. Independent contractors are also known as 1099 workers because of the tax forms they’re sent by the businesses they work for rather than W-2 forms. Businesses misclassify workers as contractors because doing …

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4 Dos and Don’ts for Protecting Your Intellectual Property

June 16 2021

Whether you’re a serial inventor or you’ve just come up with the idea of a lifetime, it’s just as important to protect your new intellectual property as it is to actually put your idea in motion. Unfortunately, many people make mistakes at this point—and those mistakes can render their ideas worthless or even place them …

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5 Common Types of Unpaid Overtime

May 11 2021

If you’re paid an hourly rate, you expect the hours you put in at work to be accurately recorded and compensated. But not all workers are paid correctly down to the minute. Some aren’t even paid accurately down to the hour, and they may be seriously underpaid for weeks, months, or years. When this happens, …

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What State Laws Protect Employees?

April 27 2021

When you accept a job in California, you expect to be a critical component of your team and a valued employee of your company. But thousands of employees throughout the state are mistreated every day. If that happens to you, do you have any legal recourse? The answer depends on whether any state or federal …

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How Much Is Your Patent Worth?

March 12 2021

When most people want to file a patent, they do so with one major goal in mind: making money—or at least, protecting their idea from OTHERS making money off of it! Patents can range from obscure, niche applications that may never be used, to schematics and designs of products that can and will change the …

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5 Famous Examples of Notorious Trade Secrets

January 19 2021

A trade secret is any information or business dealing that cannot be shared outside of the company where it belongs. Their economic value defines them. In other words, if a competitor were to get their hands on your trade secret, it could potentially harm your business. You may think that you are not privy to …

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Case Study: How the dental aligner market exploded when Invisalign patents expired

January 05 2021

Do you remember when Invisalign hit the market in 1998? It was a revolutionary product that promised to straighten your teeth without metal braces. Finally, people could improve their smiles without undergoing the torture of a mouth full of hardware. It was a particularly fantastic solution for adults, who often find the look of metal …

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Did Your Political Opinion Get You Fired?

November 05 2019

First Amendment rights continue to be an essential pillar of what makes the United States a free country. Not only does this amendment protect your rights in a public setting—it also protects you in employment settings as well. Political discrimination in work settings has been on the rise as social media gains traction and privacy …

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Shopping Your Idea to Investors? Be Sure to Protect Your IP

January 04 2019

For entrepreneurs, shopping an idea to investors can be an exciting step toward seeing a creation come to market. Unfortunately, investor presentations can also carry the risk that your intellectual property will be co-opted, adapted, or outright stolen. Luckily, there are legal mechanisms for protecting inventors from such risks. Inventors across Orange County trust the …

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