{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"OTAVA","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com","title":"Searching Intellectual Property","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FnsOjT2i4C\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/searching-intellectual-property\/\">Searching Intellectual Property<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/searching-intellectual-property\/embed\/#?secret=FnsOjT2i4C\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Searching Intellectual Property&#8221; &#8212; OTAVA\" data-secret=\"FnsOjT2i4C\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Does someone else own it? That\u2019s the practical starting point for many intellectual property issues that come up in my practice. Whether we\u2019re talking about patents (which protect machines, systems, and even industrial designs), trademarks (which protect brand identifiers such as product or service names), or copyrights (which protect literary and artistic works, including software code, GUIs, webpage content, etc.), it is often necessary to identify whether your activities, present or planned, may be covered by someone else\u2019s intellectual property. And while it is still usually necessary to consult an attorney at some point in the process (and preferably early in the process since the old saying that \u201can ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure\u201d is nowhere more true than in the context of litigation), the Internet has enabled individuals and businesses to do a considerable amount of upfront intelligence gathering on their own. Here are a few examples: Copyright: The website for the Copyright Office (www.copyright.gov), though admittedly pretty bland visually, is still a great resource for searching copyright registrations. Through this site, you can search the records of the Office by the title of the work (if you know it, which is not usually the...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/U.S.-Copyright-Office-Website.png"}