Two companies. Same name. One federal lawsuit — and somebody built their entire business on a name they may not be able to keep. Rezora v. Rezora is a live trademark case filed this month where two businesses ended up with the same name operating in the same space.

You filed your California LLC — congratulations. Now you have 90 days to do something most people don't know is required, and missing it can get your business suspended. California's Statement of Information isn't optional, and it isn't obvious.

If your business sells software, digital downloads, apps, NFTs, or any kind of virtual product — and you've been thinking about trademarking your brand — the classification rules changed at the start of this year, and some applications are getting pushed back because of it.

A small business just got sued for using a photo they probably thought was fine to use — and it's the kind of thing that happens more often than most people realize. Professional photography is copyrighted the moment the shutter clicks.

The Supreme Court just made it harder to hold platforms accountable when someone uses them to steal your content — and two justices explicitly warned that small creators would feel it most.

A company sold merchandise using historic logos and imagery — without a license — and a federal jury called it willful trademark infringement.

If you create content online — videos, articles, graphics, anything — there's a live federal court case right now asking whether a company can legally use that content to train its AI without your permission.

A lot of California small business owners are operating under privacy rules they don't know apply to them — and the window for responding to a data breach just got shorter.

Lululemon just went after Costco for selling hoodies that look too much like theirs — and they're not the only brand fighting that battle right now.

A California judge let copyright infringement claims move forward against some of the biggest names in AI — and the writers bringing the case argue those companies used their published work to train AI models without permission.

Decide about the music. Here is today’s post: The USPTO just canceled over 52,000 trademark registrations — and some of the business owners who lost them had no idea anything was wrong.

California has some of the most complicated business laws in the country. There are fees, filings, and compliance requirements that apply specifically to California businesses that catch a lot of new owners off guard.

If you're using AI-generated content in your business, the question of who owns it is genuinely unsettled — and the answer may surprise you.

The business structure you pick on Day 1 can follow you for years — and changing it later is rarely as simple as people expect. LLC, S-Corp, C-Corp, sole proprietor — each one treats your taxes, your liability, and your ownership differently.

Creating something and being able to legally defend it are not always the same thing — and most people don't find that out until it's too late. Copyright protection exists automatically, but what you can actually do if someone steals your work often depends on steps taken before the problem starts.

I've watched a business owner lose their brand name to someone who simply filed a piece of paperwork first. In the U.S., trademark rights aren't automatically awarded to whoever came up with the name — the timeline of certain filings matters more than most people realize.