Learn how you can quickly and affordably protect your intellectual property with LawTrades. We break down easy to understand tips to explain the importance of copyright, patents, and trademarks and how they affect your business.

1. How To Protect Your Intellectual Property
By : Raad Ahmed
April 2015

2. KEEPING WHAT’SYOURS,YOURS
PROTECTINGYOUR INTELECTUAL PROPERTY

3. BROUGHT TOYOU BY
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4. YOU CAME UP WITH SOMETHING…

5. AND IT’S PROBABLY WORTH SOME MONEY…

6. SO IT MIGHT BE STOLEN FROMYOU…

7. LET’S PREVENT IT!

8. STAGE 1: PROTECTION
Recognition that you are the righteous owner (and user)

9. TRADEMARK REGISTRATION
Use the Ⓡ symbol and protect your trademark against unauthorised use

10. (PROVISIONAL) PATENT
Use the “patent pending” designation and be the 1st in line
for full patent approval
Discourages your possible
competitors from
developing a product

11. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Recognizes you as an author of a “work” and protects you
from unauthorised use of your “work”

12. RULE OF THUMB
If your work is hard to trademark, copyright or patent protect….
KEEP IT A SECRET

13. STAGE 2: MONITORING
Making sure that you’re the only user

14. PAY ATTENTION
Observe the marketplace, search for products
that might appear similar to yours

15. USE TECHNOLOGY
Setup alerts the detect when phrases similar to your protected product
appear online
Google Alerts or Mention will
be your best choices

16. INVESTIGATE
Take detailed look in products that might infringe your patents
(focus on their functions and appropriate patent fillings)

17. STAGE 3: DEFENSE
“Crime and Punishment” for the violators

18. CEASE AND DESIST
A letter to the perpetrator requesting a stop of an ongoing infringement
You can send it yourself, but
use a lawyer for larger impact

19. DMCA TAKEDOWN NOTICE
Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice is a great way to request a halt for
copyright infringement happening online

20. REQUEST AN INJUNCTION
Court injunction request will stop the infringer from continuing to
sell or produce the infringing product

21. SUE
A lawsuit is the last (and the most expensive) resort of defence against
Intelectual Property infringement
A qualified attorney will be
invaluable in such
an extreme case

22. HOW CAN I PROTECT MY IP?

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