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A Laugh is Worth a Buck.

By Kevin Houchin on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

As most of you know, my client InfoMedia created the most talked-about iPhone App ever – iFart. Earlier this year my client received a letter demanding $50,000 or they would sue InfoMedia over InfoMedia using the common phrase “Pull My Finger” in some of the marketing and public relations materials InfoMedia used to promote iFart. [...]

Brand Protection Council Membership

By Kevin Houchin on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | No Comments

I want to tell you about BPCouncil (www.bpcouncil.com) a great new international organization I have recently joined and highly recommend that you check out. They have already provided great value to me both directly and through referrals. BPCouncil is a dynamic international virtual community of brand protection and IP professionals. You can connect with brand [...]

TM & Copyright for Creative People – Free Webinar

By Kevin Houchin on Monday, June 15th, 2009 | No Comments

I’ve been asked a few times over the last few days to repost the links to the copyright and trademark webinars I did for Morgan James Publishing back in January. These programs are tailored to the needs of authors, but the concpets and laws are the same for anyone in creative business. Here are the [...]

Trademarks on Facebook

By Kevin Houchin on Friday, June 12th, 2009 | No Comments

If you own some trademarks, be sure to fill out this form on Facebook to make sure nobody else registers your mark as their Facebook Username (Vanity URL). http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=username_rights Thanks to Mari Smith for including this link in this post.

Trademark Discussion on Alphawomen.com

By Kevin Houchin on Friday, May 8th, 2009 | No Comments

I enjoyed a discussion with Freda Mooncotch from Alphawomen.com yesterday. Our talk ended up focusing mainly on trademark issues for women-owned small creative businesses. You can listen to the interview by clicking HERE.

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