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Always Use Protection! – Submitting Your Ideas Without Getting Ripped Off
Just about everyone at one time or another has come up with an idea for a movie, TV show, product or service. They’ve seen or are aware of how much money can be made in such endeavors, figure their ideas are as good as anyone else’s, if not better, and decide to take a shot…
Something to Learn From Carrie Fisher
My oldest and closest friend likes to say: “Our time on Earth is the vacation, so we better enjoy all of it. When we die, we go back to work.” Yes, he’s a little twisted, but I think he’s spot-on. We too soon lost so many of talent’s royalty in 2016 – a Princess (Leia–…
What Happened to Jared Leto Shouldn't Happen to Any Artist
How could this happen? Recently, Oscar-winning actor and multi-platinum recording artist (with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars), Jared Leto had one of his entities file a copyright infringement action against several defendants, for publishing a video on celebrity news site TMZ.com featuring Leto talking disparagingly about pop star Taylor Swift. The video was shot…
Are Your Online Term of Use/Terms of Service Still a Binding Contract? Likely Not Anymore.
A website or app’s Terms of Use or Terms of Service (its “TOU”) is the contract between the site and its customers/users/visitors (“Users”). As with any type of contract, whether written (physically or digitally), oral or formed by conduct, mutual manifestation of assent is required for that TOU to be enforceable. A TOU governs such…
Employers Have a Strong New Weapon To Protect Against Theft of Their Trade Secrets —If They Know How to Qualify For It
Fact–the theft of trade secrets, much of it cyber-theft, annually costs American businesses approximately $320 billion, with over 75% of trade secret lawsuits over the last two decades being brought against employees. To aid employers, Congress in May passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (the “Act”). The Act adds a federal cause of action against…
Don’t Turn A Blind Eye. You Can Get Sued If The Disabled Can’t Access Your Website
Almost every business has a website to market their information, goods or services. But, there’s one type of marketing you don’t want your site to accomplish—getting you sued. Websites have become a hotbed of litigation brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Generally speaking, websites need to be as accessible to individuals with disabilities…
That Sucks For You. But, it doesn’t have to if you’re aware of this.
The Internet Corporation of Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the international company that oversees what are called generic top-level domains (“TLD”). These are .com, .net, .org and the others we’re all familiar with and likely use for our businesses and brands. Recently, ICANN approved and delegated about 550 new TLDs. One of them is “.sucks”…
Psssst.. Your Confidential Information May Not Be Safe
You probably use confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements and confidentiality clauses in various types of business agreements. (I’ll refer to all of these collectively in this blog as “NDAs”). Their purposes are to protect your valuable confidential or trade secret information (“CI” for purposes of this blog), which are at the heart of a business’s value….
What Do You Mean We Have A Contract?!
Contract formation is one of the oldest forms of human interaction. It dates back to the oral contract forming Adam and Eve’s deal with God to live in the Garden of Eden (which of course led to the first breach of contract action—very harsh ruling), progressing to contracts in Neanderthal times created by grunts and…
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