What?s a Name Got To Do With It?

When it comes to naming your business, there’s a lot to consider ? Do you go the traditional route and use your own name or do you try to get creative and go with a name people won’t forget?   It’s a big deal, after all, and it’s not...

Not Today, Satan

Y?all know I?m a big God-lover over here, so when Lil? Nas X?s ?Satan Shoes? popped up over the weekend, I was all about blocking them from my feed. #thisgirldonthavetimefornonsense   But then the lawyer in me did a double-take when I saw the Nike swoosh front...

Want To Protect Your Brand? Listen To This.

When it comes to protecting your brand with things like trademarks and copyrights, I?m gonna level with you, it ain?t sexy or cute. We?re not picking out brand colors or fonts here. We?re making sure all the legal things your brand depends are in place.   So,...

Should You File for a Trademark?

Listen, I talk to a lot of creative entrepreneurs and if there?s one thing I hear on the regular it?s that they?re full of ideas. They?ve got notebooks and digital files overflowing with ideas for businesses, products, programs – you name it!?   And...

Copyright OR Trademark, Which Do You Need?

Do you know the difference between a copyright and a trademark?   Most people don?t realize that they?re two different things, but they are.?   Now, both do get filed through the US government and both are forms of intellectual property, but what they...