16 Jun 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...
11 May 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,...
27 Apr 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...
12 Mar 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...
19 Jan 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...
12 Jan 2021
Employment law regulates the relationship between employers and employees. Without it, businesses would (have been proven to) take advantage of their employees. This is not because business owners are inherently bad people; it is merely because a business’s purpose is to make money. So, if an entity is fulfilling that purpose, it will find any...
5 Jan 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...
22 Dec 2020
A lot of people confuse copyright and trademarks, but they are, in fact, very different. A trademark is a visual indicator that a service or product belongs to a particular company or entity (think logo)—copyright, on the other hand, grants exclusive legal rights to the originator of a piece of written or artistic material. Performances,...
15 Dec 2020
If you have been following the volatile cryptocurrency market, you may have heard the term “blockchain.” To many, the concept may seem complicated, and while it is a new idea in banking, the core concepts behind blockchain databases are quite simple. A blockchain is a type of database that stores information electronically. The thing that...
8 Dec 2020
What is the most valuable asset your business maintains? Is it your talent? Your office space? Your procedures? No. It is your “secret sauce.” It is the thing that separates you from your competitors and makes you desirable to the marketplace. Your ideas are far and away the most valuable asset your business has. A...
2 Dec 2020
The Jafari Law Firm was founded in 2005 by David Jafari. Jafari came to the United States from Iran in 1978 to attend college for engineering. Once he finished up his studies, which included a master’s and Ph.D., he went to work with cutting edge technology. He began to encounter legal roadblocks after founding a...
24 Nov 2020
As a business owner, your most valuable resource is your mind. Your ideas, original inventions, and processes are what set your business apart. Ideas are an incredibly difficult thing to quantify and protect, but without legal protection, nothing is stopping a competitor from stealing your inventions and your customers right out from under you. The...