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After the licensing agreement is signed and done, what do you do to police the infringement? Many licensors have great difficulty in policing the terms of the licensing agreement and[...]
We have previously written about how professional athletes should protect their intellectual property, and it appears that Colin Kaepernick has done just that. Within weeks after starting as quarterback for the[...]
Software licenses have to allocate various risks between licensors and licensees. In fact, it is essential early on to figure out what will happen should things not go as planned. [...]
Software licensing is big business, especially when software happens to be the principal asset of many emerging technology businesses. A license is necessary if one desires to use another’s product,[...]
Buying a franchise business is not like buying or starting a normal small business. There are different risks, different opportunities, and different commitments. You have to investigate the franchise opportunity,[...]
Remember the phrase Linsanity? Tebowing? Guess who owns those trademarks. Not Jeremy Lin. Not Tim Tebow. Not yet, at least. Yenching Chang, a 35-year-old Alhambra, California resident with no ties[...]
Pinterest recently added video pinning capabilities. Now, users can pin and repin links to videos. With all the legal uncertainty over the pinning of images, do these videos now add[...]
A software license is a legal contract regarding the use or distribution of software. Software, after all, is not traditional tangible property but considered a type of intellectual property. Under[...]
Will Pinterest be the next Napster? After all, Pinterest facilitates and encourages the illegal sharing of photos and other content on the Internet, as opposed to music. Pinterest is a[...]
With the new patent reform bill of 2011 under way (i.e. America Invents Act of 2011), it is clear that Congress and President Obama intended to help small businesses. The[...]
| About Ali Aalaei, Esq. |
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| Ali is a practicing attorney serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. His three areas of focus are small business, litigation and intellectual property. |
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