IP CHECKLIST: FINDING AND PROTECTING IP IN YOUR BUSINESS<\/p>\n
Name_____________________________________________<\/p>\n
Aspect of Your Business<\/p>\n
Form of IP Protection<\/p>\n
Apply to My Business Details?<\/p>\n
Business Identity<\/p>\n
Business name and logos<\/p>\n
Trademark\/service mark<\/p>\n
Fictitious name registration, incorporation<\/p>\n
(C-corp, LLC, etc. \u2013 consider in your home state versus an \u201caway\u201d state) <\/p>\n
URL in multiple domains (.com, net, org, biz,.us, .org etc.)<\/p>\n
Digital watermarking for logos, TM\/SM<\/p>\n
Business Materials<\/p>\n
Brochures, sales materials publicly visible on your website<\/p>\n
Copyright (or creative Commons)
Digital watermarking for your photos, logos, audio, and video<\/p>\n
Documents, forms and spreadsheets used <\/p>\n
by your firms to make decisions or perform evaluations<\/p>\n
Trade secret<\/p>\n
Your customer list or database<\/p>\n
Trade secret<\/p>\n
Your catalog<\/p>\n
Copyright (or Creative Commons) (design may be covered by Trade Dress) digital watermarking for the electronic copy<\/p>\n
Your price list<\/p>\n
Trade secret<\/p>\n
Your investors or funding sources<\/p>\n
Trade secret (except where disclosure is requires by law)<\/p>\n
Interactive web elements like Tweets, posting, blogs, video, podcasts, etc.<\/p>\n
Copyright (or Creative Commons) (design elements may be protected by rade dress or design patents or both), digital watermarking for your photos, logos, audio and video<\/p>\n
Uniforms or d\u00e9cor specialized for your business<\/p>\n
Trade dress<\/p>\n
Specialized designs used elsewhere in your business (e.g. magazine covers, custom packaging)<\/p>\n
Trade dress<\/p>\n
Product\/Service and its Design<\/p>\n
Name of your product or service<\/p>\n
Trademark\/service mark, URL in multiple domains (e.g. dietcoke.com, .net, etc.<\/p>\n
Distinctive product design (e.g. Coke Bottle)<\/p>\n
Design patent<\/p>\n
Your product (if it does something new or in a new way)<\/p>\n
Patent<\/p>\n
Your type of business service if it is new or different (e.g. Amazon\u2019s one-click ordering)<\/p>\n
Business method patent<\/p>\n
The process underlying your service (if it is new or does things in a new way)<\/p>\n
Business method patent<\/p>\n
Internal code of your website, esp. code that \u201cdoes the work\u201d of the website<\/p>\n
Trade secret (also use techniques like server-side scripting so the user cannot see the code that contains your \u201csecret sauce\u201d. Patent (where possible)<\/p>\n
Web mash-ups, widgets, gadgets (if something new or different)<\/p>\n
Business method patent, permission from data sources<\/p>\n
Your method for legally decreasing or deferring taxes<\/p>\n
Tax patent<\/p>\n
A new chemical process or product<\/p>\n
Chemical patent<\/p>\n
A new circuit or computer chip<\/p>\n
Electrical patent<\/p>\n
A biological organism or a new gene sequence<\/p>\n
Biological\/gene patent<\/p>\n
Business Partnering<\/p>\n
Use of brand names (and\/or logos) of components or services used by your firm<\/p>\n
Permission of the vendor<\/p>\n
Use of brand names (and\/or logos) of customers of your firm<\/p>\n
Permission of the customer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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