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The Law on Fonts and Typefaces in Design and Marketing: Frequently Asked Questions (about commercial and non-commercial use)

Here’s everything you want to know about the law on fonts and typefaces.

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How to Avoid Legal Issues When Using Typefaces and Fonts in Your Small Business Logo

Every business, from startups to small businesses to the largest companies and agencies in the world, must have a strong brand to succeed in today’s noisy marketplace.

It’s true that a brand is more than a logo, but a st..

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Everything Marketers Need To Know To Avoid Violating Copyright Law

Your go-to-guide for respecting copyright law as a marketer.

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Small Business Legal Issues: Trade Names, Logos and Trademark Law

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was a lawyer for 13 years – focusing on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. This is the second in what will be a regular feature in our blog discussing important legal issues tha..

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Small Business Legal Issues: Copyright Basics

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was a lawyer for 13 years – focusing on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation. This is the first in what will be a regular feature in our blog discussing important legal issues that..

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How Does crowdSPRING Protect Intellectual Property?

UPDATED: March 17, 2010.

crowdSPRING respects intellectual property – this is one of our core values as a company (before co-founding crowdSPRING, I spent 13 years as an attorney focusing on the protection of intellectual ..

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Inspiration and imitation

In our continuing discussion of copyright, imitation and inspiration, I’ve decided to throw in my two cents. Hi, I’m Chris, one of the developers here at crowdSPRING. While I may spend most of my days making and breaking po..

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Concept Copying – A Primer (Part 2 of 3)

In part 1 of our discussion about concept copying, we defined concept copying, and illustrated an example, from an Apple patent application.

Concept copying is a very important subject in the design community – both for ..