After more than a year after the initial rollout, COVID-19 vaccines are available to all American adults and children five and older. But, with just half the global population fully vaccinated, many countries worldwide do not have the same access to these life-saving...
The process of patenting an invention in New York takes a substantial amount of work - and for a good reason. There are many obstacles to ensuring that only novel inventions make it through and prevent a backlog of redundant or unnecessary patents. The year 2020 year...
Tech industry giants tend to expand. While Apple may be the gold standard for this, Google is also making moves. The search engine juggernaut now also has computers, smartphones and other hardware, including smart speakers. In 2013, it began a partnership with Sonos,...
Peloton has grown its brand in unprecedented ways in recent years. While stationary bikes have been around for decades, Peloton modernized the concept by putting it online. Instead of just pedaling in a gym or at home, the modern iteration enables users to connect...
Some families pass down recipes from generation to generation, but sometimes the cook will keep it a secret even from other family members. Other professional chefs have secret ingredients (or food sources) that they are unwilling to share with fellow staff. On the...
There has been a reckoning in recent decades over the misuse of American Indian names and iconography. Many considered the usage as racist. Most high school and college teams have made changes. While the Washington Football Team is still working on its new name, the...
Patents are powerful tools that enable businesses and inventors to defend their ideas. It can be a machine, process, composition of matter or manufactured item, but the widget must be new, unpatented and useful in some way. All told, there are 500,000 applications...
Intellectual property law is usually quite complicated, but sometimes the circuit courts do not help. For example, different circuits will establish different interpretations of the law. This can lead to the Supreme Court stepping in and ruling so there is a...
You've finally made the decision to take your New York business to the next level by obtaining a trademark. Obtaining a trademark can seem confusing at first, but knowing the right steps can make it very simple. Here's what this process entails. Selecting a mark...
There’s a long list of things to do, decisions to make and challenges to meet before a company’s IPO (initial public offering). You will have to resolve any accounting issues, prepare audited financial statements, decide on corporate governance, assemble a team of...
