Filing a provisional patent application offers businesses an effective and strategic way to protect their inventions early in the development process. While it does not result in a granted patent on its own, a provisional application establishes an official filing...
When key employees leave your business, they take more than just their expertise. They might also walk away with valuable intellectual property if you are not careful. For small business owners like you, this is not just another business risk. It is a genuine concern...
Intellectual property rights protect your creations, inventions and brand. When someone infringes on these rights, they can harm your business. Whether it is copyright infringement, trademark misuse or patent violations, you must take the right steps to protect your...
Have you ever wondered how artificial intelligence (AI) programs produce text, images and other types of content that mimic human creativity and expression? It’s because many AI models often use data scraping to gather large datasets from various sources on the...
People produce new inventions every day. If an inventor wants to protect that invention, they may need to get a patent. But what if you invent something and cannot patent it? What makes a patent? A patent is a legal tool that grants an inventor rights to a product or...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are all the rage today. Writers use LLMs to generate text; artists use generative AI to create AI art. People from all walks of life are learning how to use AI to their benefit. However, behind the scenes,...
Patent trolling is a destructive business practice, costing businesses millions of dollars in excessive charges and legal fees. Estimates say businesses lose more than $29 billion in out-of-pocket costs per year to patent trolling while spending over $60 billion in...
Each business can have unique strategies when using resources to operate and grow. Some may rely on their employees and financial capacities to expand, but others could depend on intangible assets, such as intellectual properties (IPs). Companies often go to lengths...
Registering a trademark is important, but trademark rights come, first and foremost, from use in the marketplace. In most contexts, the first person or business to use a trademark is the one who has the strongest claim to having the exclusive right to use it. However,...
In the realm of artificial intelligence and copyright law, Floridian creators face a crucial question: can AI utilize copyrighted material? As AI become ubiquitous in both our business and private lives, it is increasingly becoming a more and more important topic,...
