BYP 222: How To Protect Your Intellectual Property with Steven Thrasher

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Most business owners don’t know the difference between a copyright, trademark, and patent, and therefore have no protection over their intellectual property. The cliché is true: we don’t know what we don’t know. So, I invited my attorney and fellow entrepreneur Steven Thrasher onto the show today to walk through all of this for us. He explains:</span></p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">• What intellectual property in general, and trademarks and copyrights specifically, are.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">• Why and when we would want to call an intellectual property attorney.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">• The key differences between planners, procrastinators, and panickers.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">• The best plan to follow in protecting our intellectual property.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">If you’ve ever wondered if you’re doing something that might make you liable or if someone could steal your stuff, listen up.</span></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong><span class="s1">Resources mentioned in the episode:</span></strong></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">US Patent and Trademark Office: <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/"><span class= "s2">https://www.uspto.gov/</span></a></span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s3">Domain name checker: <a href= "https://www.namecheckr.com/"><span class= "s2">https://www.namecheckr.com/</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Steven’s “7 Deadly Sins” that online business owners commit: <a href= "http://www.youronlinecastle.com"><span class= "s2">http://www.youronlinecastle.com</span></a></span></p> <p> </p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Connect with Mike:</span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s4"><a href= "https://mikekim.com/">https://mikekim.com/</a></span></p> <p class="p3"><span class="s2">Instagram - <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/mikekimtv/"><span class= "s3">https://www.instagram.com/mikekimtv/</span></a></span></p> <p cl