Copyrights

Marketing

Is Every Idea an Intellectual Property?

Ideas are worthless unless you turn them into your IP by adding up intellectuality blended with creativity

Business News

Rubik's Cube Loses EU Trademark Fight Over Its Shape

The toy, invented in 1974 by Hungarian Erno Rubik, is popular among young and old, with more than 350 million cubes sold worldwide.

Social Media

Twitter Didn't Have to Ban a User for Posting an Olympic GIF, But It Did Anyway

The social network acted in the International Olympic Committee's and NBC's interests at the expense of a dedicated user.

Business Ideas

The Hidden Danger of Online Business Coaches

'By agreeing to those terms, you're actually agreeing to give away your content or contributions to the coach.'

Marketing

Can There Be Plagiarism In Marketing?

Truly unique ideas are all but impossible but you make any idea your own by putting your brand's spin on it.

Growing a Business

What I Learned From Being an Accidental Copycat

Did Melania plagiarize Michelle (and, if so, why her instead of Pat Nixon or Nancy Reagan?) or are we all just recycling and reusing good lines?

Technology

Are Fakes "Better Quality & Price" than Originals? Jack Ma from Alibaba Thinks so

When one of the largest eCommerce giants admits counterfeits may be even better as originals, what happens next?

Branding

Axl Rose Is Fat. His Personal Branding Should Embrace That.

There is a danger in trying to wipe out who we are online. Axl Rose is putting his authenticity at risk.

Business News

Larry Page Spars With Oracle Attorney at Android Trial

In a retrial at San Francisco federal court, Oracle Corp. has claimed Google's Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of Java, a development platform. Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit said it should be able to use Java without paying a fee under the fair-use provision of copyright law.

Business News

Oracle Co-CEO Says it Did Not Buy Sun Micro to Sue Google

Safra Catz told jurors that the point of the acquisition was to protect its products that relied on Sun's software.

Business News

Google, Oracle Compete for Innovation Label in Android Retrial

Oracle claims Google's Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of the Java programming language, while Alphabet Inc.'s Google says it should be able to use Java without paying a fee under the fair-use provision of copyright law.

Growing a Business

Increase Your Marketing ROI with Free Content

Just make sure you have the legal right to use it.

Business News

YouTube Videos Can Now Earn Money During Content Disputes

Previously, you wouldn't get anything from a video's advertising if someone else claimed that it violated their copyright.

Business News

A Chinese Sportswear Brand Called Uncle Martian Just Launched, and It Appears to Be Openly Ripping Off Under Armour

See if you can see any differences between the two companies' logos.

Innovation

Remembering Prince: What The Purple One Can Teach You About Creativity

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today, to get through this thing called life."