Intellectual property lawyers focus on helping you protect and profit from your ideas and creations. Intellectual property, or IP, plays a huge role in the United States economy. According to a report by the U.S. Commerce Department in 2016, IP-intensive industries account for 38.2%, or $6 trillion, of the United States? gross domestic product (GDP) and support at least...
Continue ReadingHow To Prevent Intellectual Property Theft If you’re wondering how to prevent intellectual property theft, you’re not alone. Intellectual property is often one of a business’s most valuable assets, yet it is also one of the most vulnerable. From copyrights and trademarks to patents and trade secrets, protecting your IP requires awareness, planning, and ongoing attention. While no strategy...
Continue ReadingWhat is Copyright Registration? Understanding the copyright application process is an important step in learning how to register a copyright and protect your original work. From the moment you create an original work, you have an exclusive intellectual property right to make copies of your work. This is known as copyright. This right exists regardless of whether you publish...
Continue ReadingThere were a total of approximately 3.1 million unexpired patents in the United States in 2020. With so many patents covering inventions of all kinds, well-meaning companies may find that they have accidentally and allegedly infringed upon someone’s patent rights. As with other types of intellectual property, patent infringement is serious business. You may have wondered what to do...
Continue ReadingHaving a patent gives you the right to prevent others from making, using, or selling your patented invention. If a company or individual does one of these things, the patent owner may have a cause of action for a patent infringement case — and in some situations, pursuing the matter through contingency-based patent infringement litigation may be an option...
Continue ReadingContingency-fee litigation at Polasek Law Firm serves to aid clients in pursuing patent litigation that they might otherwise not be able to afford. For many small businesses and companies, patent litigation is too expensive to pursue. Contingency-fee litigation is a cost-effective means for small businesses and companies to receive skilled counsel and defend their rights in intellectual property lawsuits....
Continue ReadingIf someone uses your original work without permission, you may be able to enforce your rights against the infringer through copyright litigation. To begin the copyright lawsuit process, explained in detail in this article, you file a copyright infringement lawsuit in federal court. Copyright law allows courts to award damages and issue orders requiring the infringer to stop using...
Continue ReadingTexas is one of the most active patent jurisdictions in the country, making it a key location for protecting intellectual property. Patent litigation takes place in Federal Court. Texas has four Districts (Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern), and each District is well versed in patent litigation, with the Eastern District of Texas and Western District of Texas well known...
Continue ReadingI frequently receive calls from potential clients seeking to protect their brand or a writing, but unsure whether they need to file a trademark application or obtain a copyright registration. What is the difference between trademark and copyright law? In fact, they are distinct from one another in several different ways. In a nutshell, a trademark is a word,...
Continue ReadingRunning a business in Texas means building a brand your customers can trust. But what happens when someone uses your name, logo, or slogan without permission? Or if someone accuses you of doing the same? That’s where trademark litigation comes in. At The Polasek Law Firm (TPLF), we help business owners navigate the complex world of trademark law. With...
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