Category: Copyright

THE CORONAVIRUS AND SMALL BUSINESS LAW SERIES This blog post series provides key legal tips to help you secure your business success during the Coronavirus pandemic.  With this knowledge, you can return to what you do best – your service or product. Today’s topic: Pivoting from Brick & Mortar to an Online Business during the […]

Every morning I peruse the news on my phone while enjoying my first cup of coffee. Today, this caught my eye: LinkedIn Reaches 675 Million Members, Continues to See ‘Record Levels of Engagement’ The article, published on January 31, 2020 by Social Media Today, summarized the findings of Microsoft’s FY20 Q2 Report including the fact […]

Development of an innovation strategy builds an intellectual property “fence” for your company. This “IP” fence draws a boundary around your company’s intellectual property. What is intellectual property? It includes your patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and publications. The fence formation of the fence may take many forms. Offensive intellectual property positions: attracts investors and […]

Using free stock photos and images can put you at risk.

When a client comes to me with a legal dispute, requesting my help with conflict resolution, most times the dispute relates to a “relationship gone wrong.”  What does that mean exactly? At the beginning of a relationship, even a business relationship, you’re in what’s referred to as the “honeymoon phase”.  At these early stages, novelty […]

When I was growing up, the Encyclopedia was my “go-to” place for information.  Our family home always had the latest edition. If not in the encyclopedia, the local public library was my next stop.  I would read an article or book passage, take notes, write what I’d learned in my own words and voila my […]

What does Copyright Protect? Copyright law provides protection for original works of authorship. Above all, it gives the owner exclusive rights in the work created including to: reproduce copies, distribute copies, create derivative works, and authorize others to do so.  When does Copyright Protection Start? Unlike many other intellectual property laws, copyright protection starts upon […]

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant.”  Robert Louis Stevenson Sagacity Legal strives to interact, share knowledge, and guide entrepreneurs to protect their creations, business, and themselves. Its foundation grew solidly from the seeds I planted throughout my life. Seeds survive as dormant forms that only […]