Since I counsel a lot of online businesses, including online retailers, I am often asked about the sales tax implications of online sales. Generally speaking, the answer is pretty easy: If you are a Colorado business and sell goods to individuals residing in Colorado, then you have to collect Colorado sales tax and the appropriate […]
When launching a new company or adding a new product or service, a name must be determined to brand the company, product or service. In the legal field, we refer to brand names and logos identifying a good as a trademark; and brand names and logos referring to services as […]
“I paid for it, so I own it, Right?” – How to avoid costly pitfalls in the world of IP.
The scene is almost identical every time: a website developer is holding a website he designed for our prospective client hostage because of a dispute. “I paid for him to design the site, so I own […]
Over the past year or two , Leyendecker & Lemire has seen a huge rise in potential clients coming to us regarding lawsuits regarding illegal downloading of movies. In the past two years there have been several prominent lawsuits filed against thousands of alleged infringers. In fact, a company called the US Copyright […]
Policing how your trademark or business name appears on the Internet is important to insure it is being displayed in the manner you want. Even if your business’s online presence is minimal, recent changes in how generic top-level domain (“gTLD”) names are assigned could have significant impact on your company. These changes will affect how […]
The Colorado Supreme Court recently made implementation of certain intellectual property policies and protections a bit easier for companies with staff, who, in the past might have taken their employers’ intellectual property and used it to compete with them.
Over the years Leyendecker & Lemire has worked with a number of established businesses […]
Over the years, Leyendecker & Lemire has represented numerous photographers. One of the more frequent issues we discuss is the subject of photo credits. While near and dear to the hearts of photographers, the topic of photo credits is not generally much of a legal issue. This is mainly due to the fact […]
When choosing a trademark for a product or service your company provides, make the mark “Google friendly”. A video blog post by Kurt Leyendecker of the law Firm of Leyendecker and Lemire. Find us on the web at Coloradoiplaw.com or call 303.768.0123.
In general, the federal communications decency act has two provisions that provide very strong liability protections for service providers, to the extent that that protection was once thought to be invincible. However, recent cases have shown that service may be liable if they promise to take corrective action, but fail to follow through.
The first protection […]
We do a significant amount of Trademark work at the Firm. And over the years, one thing we have noticed is that a significant percentage of clients want to name their businesses and products with names that are either (i) very descriptive of what they do or (ii) comprised wholly of common words or phrases.
As […]
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