How To Protect Your Intellectual Property Online

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Welcome Back! I hope everyone is having an awesome day! Today I am going to discuss how to protect your intellectual property on the internet. Here are a few practical tips and tools you can implement right now to ensure your intellectual property is not stolen.

1. Include a section or link on your website that clearly states the terms of use when someone wants to use your material. See the examples below:

For Copyrights

All Content on Site X are protected by U.S. Copyright. This site is licensed under a Creative Commons License. You are free to site or quote material on this site if you first obtain our permission and if you properly attribute the material back to Site X.

For Trademarks

Site X's name and logos are all registered trademarks of the X company. All Rights are Reserved. You must obtain our permission before using or displaying any of our registered trademarks.

2. Watermark your copyrighted images. A watermark can contain an image across the photo with your copyright notice or the name of your site.

3. Do keyword searches of your trademarks and be vigilaint about contacting infringers and demanding they remove your intellectual property from their sites immediately.

4. For as little as $249.00 per trademark, use a company like Mark Trend to track and monitor possible and actual trademark infringement on the internet. Using a montioring service like Mark Trend will save you money and most imporantly time. They do all the work for you.

I hope this information was helpful. If you have any questions, please leave a comment.