The Internet is the hardest type of media to police. It sometimes appears that Internet users believe all data is free for the taking. But just because something is on the Internet does not mean it is exempt from copyright or plagiarism laws.
Is someone using your trademark?
If you think someone is using your trademark, you will want to seek a trademark attorney, but before you do, you should make sure a trademark infringement is actually occurring. Remember, infringement of a trademark happens when someone else uses the same trademark for competing goods and services, and customers are likely to confuse their business with yours.
Protecting intellectual property
Have you got good idea for a new product, or have you invented a new marketable gadget? Maybe you have written a song or a book. Whatever your intellectual property is, you need to decide if it is going to need protection. If it is going to be a marketable item, you will more than likely want to protect it from the possibility of someone else using it to make money and leaving you in the cold.
Patents 101
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)issues an inventor of a product proprietary rights to the design and/or idea of that invention. A patent is intellectual property. It is not a copyright, trademark or a service mark.
