This blog is a place to discuss any and all things related to intellectual property. Change is inevitable and the intellectual property that drives change is powerful. Every day we see and experience something new that intellectual property created which Read more…
Let’s say you develop a product (the coolest backpack ever), register your trademark (“Larkspur Designs”), and hit the market. Two months later, you discover that some other company (seller name: whodunit) is selling “Larkspur Designs” backpacks on Amazon—they are using Read more…
Patent scams do come in all shapes and forms—and I am not referring just to the people who advertise on tv (we will save that article for another day). I have never seen an ad for a patent attorney on Read more…
PASSWORD MISERY! Donald B. Johnston, Aird & Berlis LLP We all hate passwords. Anyone who says s/he doesn’t is fibbing. I had an experience last year, while at the International Bar Association conference in Washington, that renewed my hatred for Read more…
Donald B. Johnston, Partner, Aird & Berlis LLP Gesundheit! Generally speaking, when Delaware sneezes, everybody else gets a cold. That’s because Delaware is the undisputed jurisdictional leader in corporate finance in the U.S., with well over a million companies incorporated Read more…
Do you want to avoid being caught “dead in the water”! Providers, subscribers and legal counsel are all well aware of the benefits and burdens that surround implementation and use of SaaS applications for mission critical requirements. Disaster can strike Read more…
With source code escrow (SCE), a developer gives assurance to its licensee that business-critical software will be maintained by the developer or, if necessary by the licensee, using the source code and related materials the developer deposits (the Deposit Materials) Read more…
SaaS subscribers may be unaware that they are in the path of the perfect storm. Today’s massive economic crisis has collided with the allure of new software delivery models, putting many businesses at risk. Delivery models like cloud computing and Read more…
SaaS applications are becoming more and more common. With a SaaS solution, the software supplier hosts the software and stores client’s data on its web servers or leased servers. The requirement for a technology escrow agreement is important because the Read more…