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IP WORKS We empower businesses with client-centered legal services & advice about trademarks, patents & more

IP Works® is an innovative intellectual property and business law firm, whose focus is to help entrepreneurs build and protect wealth by powering their ideas. To ensure clients are able to maximize the value of their investments in intellectual property, IP Works® thrives to provide its clients with progressive and revolutionary business strategies. In addition to specializing in patents, trademar

ks and copyrights, IP Works® also regularly advises and assists clients with contracts, license agreements, entity formations, and domain procurements. For additional information please visit http://www.ipworkslaw.com. Connect with us:

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Trade secrets don’t protect themselves.A company has to treat confidential business information as confidential in pract...
09/03/2026

Trade secrets don’t protect themselves.

A company has to treat confidential business information as confidential in practice. Access rules, employee agreements, vendor terms, security controls, and exit procedures all help show that the company took reasonable steps.

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“It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago but will soon be ...
09/02/2026

“It’s easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago but will soon be out of date.” - Roger von Oech

The process, product, or message that helped last year’s plan succeed may no longer match the people it serves today. Progress takes honesty: keep the parts that still earn their place, retire the parts that drain attention, and give fresh ideas enough structure to prove themselves.

A patent doesn’t automatically give a company permission to sell its own product.It gives the owner a right to exclude o...
09/01/2026

A patent doesn’t automatically give a company permission to sell its own product.

It gives the owner a right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering to sell, or importing the claimed invention.

That distinction surprises many leadership teams.

Patentability and freedom-to-operate are related conversations, but they answer different business concerns. One looks at whether your invention can be protected. The other looks at whether selling it may run into someone else’s rights.

IP Works Law can help leadership sort the path before spend and launch plans accelerate. Call 215 348 1442 to discuss your options.


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Trademark use is where brand planning meets marketplace reality.A company may have a name, logo, packaging mockups, webs...
08/31/2026

Trademark use is where brand planning meets marketplace reality.

A company may have a name, logo, packaging mockups, website drafts, and social handles. Those pieces can support a launch plan.

For U.S. trademark registration, use in commerce generally requires the mark to appear in connection with actual goods or services in the marketplace.

Read the blog to learn why trademark applications should match the business activity behind the brand.


https://ipworkslaw.com/when-use-in-commerce-starts-and-why-getting-it-wrong-can-hurt-your-trademark-rights/

CEOs get pulled into patent decisions at awkward moments.A product is nearly ready. A competitor is watching. A buyer as...
08/28/2026

CEOs get pulled into patent decisions at awkward moments.

A product is nearly ready. A competitor is watching. A buyer asks about ownership. An investor wants to know whether the company has protected the technology.

That’s late in the process.

The IP Works Law resource, “5 Things Every CEO Needs to Know About Patents,” gives leaders a plain-language overview of patent decisions that can influence budget, leverage, and company value. Download your free copy.


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Patent strategy has a timing component that business leaders can plan around.Public disclosures, sales activity, crowdfu...
08/27/2026

Patent strategy has a timing component that business leaders can plan around.

Public disclosures, sales activity, crowdfunding, trade show demos, pitch decks, and vendor meetings will influence future patent options.

That makes strategy essential from the start.

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"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you crea...
08/26/2026

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will." -George Bernard Shaw

Imagination, desire, will, and creation are all connected to the human experience.

Creation isn’t a lightning strike. It’s choice after choice: seeing an opening, naming the desired outcome, refining the work, and keeping at it long enough for the idea to become tangible.

That’s a hopeful view of creativity. It gives credit to vision, effort, and action.

Trademark “use” under the law has a legal meaning that differs from ordinary use in connection with business milestones....
08/20/2026

Trademark “use” under the law has a legal meaning that differs from ordinary use in connection with business milestones.

A logo in a deck, a mockup in design, a reserved handle, and a “coming soon” page can all show preparation and intent. For trademark registration, however, the evidence must show marketplace activity tied to the goods or services.

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IP strategy is changing in the places CEOs notice first: Product launches, investor diligence, hiring, vendor access, so...
08/19/2026

IP strategy is changing in the places CEOs notice first: Product launches, investor diligence, hiring, vendor access, software development, and AI adoption.

But a recent report on IP litigation trends points to a broader shift. As patent litigation in the US has become more uncertain, delayed, and cumbersome, firms are increasingly turning to other forms of intellectual property (trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks) for enforcement in the US and sending patent enforcement disputes to foreign venues where they will be dealt with more expediently or predictably.

Leadership gets better options when each of those pieces works together to protect their IP.


https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/intellectual-property-litigation-u-s-9799146/

A promising invention pulls a CEO into prototype edits, buyer feedback, investor decks, vendor pricing, and production c...
08/18/2026

A promising invention pulls a CEO into prototype edits, buyer feedback, investor decks, vendor pricing, and production choices.

Patent timing can slip to the back of the list.

That delay can narrow or eliminate available rights, especially after public disclosures, sales activity, trade show conversations, or pitch materials leave the company.

Read the blog to learn why you should treat examination as strategy.


https://ipworkslaw.com/avoid-these-patent-application-traps-waiting-too-long-or-quitting-too-early/

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