How To Protect Yourself From Identity Theft

Identity theft is America's fastest-growing crime. Protect yourself with these tips and you'll have a much better chance avoiding it.

Identity Theft Offline -- So Many Possibilities

People are too careless when giving away information about themselves, both online and offline. Much cautioned about identity theft and phishing in the Internet, we tend to relax when speaking in person and often reveal information potentially valuable for identity thieves.

Avoiding ID Theft and Credit Fraud

One in every eight Americans has already been victimized! It can take years and thousands of dollars to correct an identity theft, credit fraud or a simple key entry error by a clerk at a Credit Bureau. It takes just minutes for you to use these proven tips!

How You Can Avoid Becoming A Victim Of Identity Theft

To reduce or minimize the risk of becoming a victim of identity theft or fraud, there are some basic steps you can take. The most important one is to ask periodically for a copy of your credit repor...

Five Key Questions About IP Help Increase Market Value and Improve Bottom Line Results

Five key questions about your intellectual property can help increase corporate value and bottomline results. Effective management of these rights is the key to success in the information age.

Jump on Your Intellectual Property Rights

If you are a startup business looking for financing, you should already have (1) acquired your IP rights (patents, trademarks, and copyrights) and (2) cleared your business of any IP infringement. Investors and competitors respect the value of patent and trademarks and applications for them. Investors should not invest in a startup, unless they are assured that its product or service is not infringing another's IP rights.

Domain Names - A Market of Great and Growing Importance

The sale of domain names generated $29 million in 2005, with increasing numbers each year after that. Domain names transactions involve large amounts money, and the market for them is quickly becoming one of the most important in the new century. Domain name arbitration is not the only way to ensure that URL's go to whom they should.

Intellectual Property - Copyright Infringement - Trade Mark Infringement

The case of KK Sony Computer Entertainment and Another v Pacific Game Technology (Holding) Ltd [2006], concerned the infringement of copyright in computer games systems under the name of 'PlayStation'. The first claimant was a Japanese company and the second claimant was its UK subsidiary. Both claimants were corporate incarnations of the well known Japanese electronics group, Sony.

Find Email Address Quickly and Easily Like I Did

Last year I remembered a friend I met on holiday, you know how it is you get chatting and always say we must stay in touch so you swap numbers or email addresses and that’s that.

Should You Sell Or License Your New Product Or Idea

A patent is your property and as such you have the legal right to do with it as you wish. Generally you would choose to sell your patent if you would...

Protect Your Creativity

As an entrepreneur, you are undoubtedly blessed with the ability to come up with new ideas for products and services. Sometimes, a competitor comes up with a similar idea and manages to make money out of it before you do. A great deal of planning, money, time and effort are required to turn these ideas into invention and innovation.

Selecting Business Names and Intellectual Property Law

An information technology & intellectual property lawyer steps through some common provisions of software license agreements and software development contracts. Includes explanations of the purpose and effect of particular clauses in software and technology contracts.

Patent Map Generation and Reading

Patent Mapping a way to visualize patent mining results that involves clustering or otherwise orienting patent data on a page so that there is meaning in the spatial relationships among the data points. Patent Landscape: graphical representation of how large numbers of patents relate to each other based on keywords, citations, or patent classifications. It is useful in identify trends, determine patent gaps and opportunities, and design around competitors' patents.