Most startups fail to realize the power of IP, so they simply relegate IP matters to the bottom of the budget, if included in the budget at all. This is because most startup founders think IP is not critical to product validation, building traction, scaling, or attracting funding. Wrong. If your startup gets a good IP lawyer or law firm, IP could be integrated into every aspect of your startup, thus creating immense value.
More
Сhoose
Intellectual Property
Other Posts
Startups
What Startups Badly Need Series
March 3, 2020
Why You Badly Need to Protect the Intellectual Property of Your Startup
Intellectual Property
January 28, 2020
Grab your Brand NOW™: Register your trade mark today before it’s too late.
Your trade mark is at the heart of your business, whether you are big or small. The brand name of your business, product, or service is vital. It is what distinguished your business, products, or service from those of others… Read more
Intellectual Property
June 23, 2018
Louboutin v Van Haren: Will Van Haren finally see red for allegedly stepping on Louboutin’s red-sole shoe trademark?.
This week on IP Matters, let’s look at the long-running battle between Louboutin and Van Haren over Louboutine’s red-sole trademark. The European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) ruling on 12 June 2018 was in Louboutin’s favour after the ECJ remanded the.. Read more
Intellectual Property
May 5, 2018
Alibaba v. Alibabacoin—When Marketing Crypto Buys You a Lawsuit in Trademark Infringement
This week’s IP Matters takes on Alibaba’s dispute with Alibabacoin, a cryptocurrency company, over use of Alibaba’s registered trademark, ‘Alibaba’ and other marks. Can Alibaba stop Alibabacoin from continuing to market ‘Alibabacoin’ on the Internet? Alibaba is into online retail business,.. Read more
Intellectual Property
March 2, 2018
Adidas v Shoe Branding—Why Adidas’s Three-stripe Mark Means More than Stripes
This week’s IP Matters is a trademark fight over stripes in the billion-dollar footwear industry. Can Adidas’s well-known three-stripe mark strip Shoe Branding Europe off its newer two-stripe mark? One of the biggest brands in the sportswear industry is Adidas, a.. Read more
Intellectual Property
January 18, 2018
Blue Ivy vs Blue Ivy Carter—Will Jay Z and Beyoncé win trademark dispute over their daughter’s name?
IP Matters: Week 3 Veronica Morales wants ‘Blue Ivy’ for her company; Jay-Z and Beyoncé wants it for their daughter. Blue Ivy Events is the name of a Boston-based wedding planning company. The company has been in business since 2009 and it is.. Read more
Industries & Growth
Industry Insight
January 11, 2018
The Nigerian Music Industry: Making the Music Pay through Intellectual Property
by Solomon Nzere, solomon@infusionlawyers.com.ng Industry Insight, January 2018 Overview of the Nigerian Music Industry Perhaps the inspiring history of Nigeria’s music industry is best told through Star Mega Jam, a mega music-performance concert which paraded international artistes like Shaggy,.. Read more
Other Posts
January 4, 2018
Apple Loses Dispute over ‘Steve Jobs’ Trademark: A Lesson in Trademark for Businesses
Apple has lost its founder’s name ‘Steve Jobs’ to an Italian fashion company. The fashion company’s name is ‘Steve Jobs’. Naples-based founders, Vincenzo and Giacomo Barbato, registered ‘Steve Jobs’ as their company’s trademark in 2012. The Steve Jobs company did.. Read more
Industries & Growth
Industry Insight
Intellectual Property
December 11, 2017
Intellectual Property as the Heartbeat of the Pharmaceutical Industry
by Ademola Adeyoju, ademola@infusionlawyers.com.ng Download PDF. Introduction Generating more than $333 billion and supporting over $3.4 million jobs in the US alone, the pharmaceutical industry is considered to be one of the largest and rapidly growing industries on the planet… Read more
Intellectual Property
IP & IT Advocacy
October 21, 2017
The registration of intellectual property (IP) is not where IP ends.
by Ademola Adeyoju, ademola@infusionlawyers.com.ng Download PDF. Largely driven by advancement in technology, the global economy continues to evolve and grow in new and unanticipated ways. From the invention of personal computers to mobile technology; from the Internet to Nano.. Read more