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At Trestle Law, we share insights, strategies, and updates to help business owners, entrepreneurs, and creatives protect and grow their intellectual property.
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Common Trademark Filing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Avoid common trademark filing mistakes that can delay or derail your application. Learn how to protect your brand by following these essential tips from Trestle Law.
How to Conduct a Comprehensive Trademark Search
Ensure your trademark is unique and protect your brand by conducting a comprehensive trademark search. Learn the steps involved and how Trestle Law can help you navigate this critical process.
Why Trademark Registration is Essential for Startups: Protecting Your Brand from Day One
Protect your startup’s brand with early trademark registration. Learn why it’s crucial for safeguarding your business and how Trestle Law can help you navigate the process.
Protecting Your Business in the Age of AI: Why Your 1099 Agreements Need an Update
In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, AI tools like ChatGPT and MidJourney are transforming how we create and protect intellectual property. But is your business protected? If you’re using outdated 1099 agreements, you might be leaving your IP rights vulnerable. Learn why updating your contracts is crucial and how you stay ahead of the curve.
Navigating IP Damages – A Streamlined Strategic Guide for In-House Attorneys
Protecting your company's intellectual property (IP) is crucial in today's business landscape. When faced with infringement challenges, your role as legal counsel is pivotal in pursuing compensation, enforcement, and protection, while balancing that with the company’s overall vision and budgetary goals/concerns. Here's a streamlined guide to effectively implement Legal Remedies for IP Infringement.
Maximizing Compensation in IP Cases: A Guide for General Counsel
As stewards of your company's intellectual property (IP), it is paramount that you understand what damages are available and that you seek appropriate compensation when your company’s IP is threatened. In this guide, we'll delve into the actionable steps you can take to maximize compensation for IP infringement, along with some examples that can help you navigate legal actions for IP compensation.
The Template Trap: Why Your Business Deserves More Than One-Size-Fits-All Contracts
Using legal templates often leads to unforeseen complications, like lingering details from previous contracts or critical omissions. Recognizing the need for a standardized solution, teams turn to templates, but this apparent shortcut might not be as reliable as it seems.
The Ultimate Sales Hack: Harnessing Brand Collaborations to Boost Sales and Profit
In the fast-paced world of business, success often hinges on the ability to adapt, innovate, and seize new opportunities.
Maximizing Profits in 2024: Integrating Intellectual Property into Your Business Plan
As a business owner, it's essential to continuously improve your strategies as your business grows to ensure that you're making more money, not less.
Turn Creativity into Cash: Making Money off Your Brand
Licensing allows businesses to monetize their intellectual property and generate revenue from it. By licensing your brand, it can generate revenue from royalties, licensing fees, or sales of branded products without directly managing these ventures. This means that your ideas can earn money, even when you're not directly involved in the process.
8 Trademark Infringement Elements
Trademarks are a way of protecting your business and your brand. An important consideration is what would happen if someone else’s marketing looks suspiciously similar to yours. How would this impact your business?
Understanding the Complexities of the Lanham Act
Do you own a California business and notice that one of your competitors seems to be advertising falsely? Are you worried that this will negatively affect your business? These questions can lead to real stress and hurt your reputation.
An Internet Lawyer's Top 3 Business Tips
We are all new to the online era of business and figuring out how to do it well comes with a lot of trial and error. I am offering my top 3 business tips to help your business thrive in internet culture.
The Need vs Want: Understanding the Purpose of Trademark Registration
My response to the question, “Do I need a trademark?” often starts with, “It depends.” I know it can be frustrating to hear such an ambiguous answer, but as a lawyer, it’s crucial for me to consider the specific circumstances.
Copyright and AI: Protecting Art in the Digital Age
AI-generated art has become a captivating and controversial subject sparking discussions about the intersections of creativity and legal rights, and whether AI-generated art can be copyrighted has been the subject of discussion amongst legal experts.