10 ways you can fight back against content thieves.
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From article: Storus Corp just successfully sued another advertiser for use of a trademarked term in the ad copy. This is the first time that I have seen a company sue another advertiser directly without relying on Google as the intermediary for filing trademark exceptions.
As PPC advertisers, this affects us dramatically.
There are ads run
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Is there anything in your email that you would not want exposed?
Our recently resigned D.A., Chuck Rosenthal, was ousted, or outed, when his past years of emails were subpoenaed by defense attorneys in preparation for a trial.
Somehow the judge who granted the subpoena allowed press access to not just the messages relating to that case, bu
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Overly complex legal contracts are increasingly ubiquitous, annoying—and ineffective. They increase costs, decrease productivity, and annoy the hell out of your customers and contractors. But savvy business people can choose the alternate route this article lays out.
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Last week I read the story of how the state of Pennsylvania wants to shut down the thriving eBay auction business of single mom Mary Jo Pletz, which enables her to stay home with her 6-month-old daughter Julia, who has a brain tumor. The Pennsylvania Secretary of State’s reason: Mary Jo does not have an auctioneer’s license. Having sold 10,000 ite
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday adopted a broad reading of two federal civil rights laws to protect employees from retaliation when they complain about discrimination in the workplace.
Retaliation complaints are a growing subset of workplace discrimination cases, because it is often easier for employees to demonstrate that they were retaliated aga
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From the Page: "So what do you do if someone else is profiting from your own content and you’re not getting adequate credit or compensation?
There are four options:"
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Entrepreneurs are always griping about dealing with too much government regulation. Is there any way to ease the frustration?
Yes--by calling on the very government giving you headaches in the first place.
Don't believe it? Back in 1996, Congress passed the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act, which aimed to ease small businesses' r
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The most recent data show that only about half of self-employed people in the U.S. workforce run incorporated businesses. Entrepreneurs who fail to incorporate are making a huge mistake. Corporations have a much higher rate of success than sole proprietorships, even when it comes to small businesses. Incorporated small businesses outperform uninco
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A selection of the top 10 articles on critical trust issues as chosen by one of the world's foremost global IP strategists.
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TowerGroup estimates that of the $97 billion worth of plastic gift cards purchased in 2007, nearly $8 billion has gone unused. Just what happens to that pile of cash has become a matter of some controversy. A lot of states—roughly half—claim that at least part of the unspent balances should go to them under their unclaimed-property laws. Other sta
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The Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy has reported small businesses will pay more per square foot and per employee than larger businesses to alter facilities to meet changes proposed for the Americans with Disabilities Act. The office studied costs associated with removing physical barriers to the handicapped, including changes i
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