Renee Hykel Cuddy, Esq.
Renee Hykel Cuddy is an immigration lawyer whose practice is focused on helping foreign nationals obtain legal status, work authorization, green cards and citizenship in the United States. Ms. Hykel-Cuddy assists companies and families across the globe who want to live and work in the United States.
Visit her website here: www.hykellaw.com
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Why It's a Good Idea to Register Your Trademark
When starting a business, many owners frequently overlook one vital early step.
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Privacy and Technology: Is Technology Doing Away with Our Privacy?
Since the advent of the smartphone, more people have come to rely on the many services it can provide. But unencrypted data can expose to almost anyone where you are and where you've been. At what point do privacy concerns trump convenience?
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What to Know When Using or Sharing Software
If you're thinking about sharing or selling software you've bought, think again. If you buy a book or a CD, the 'first sale doctrine' allows you to sell, trade or give away what you've bought. Not so with most software.
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Simple Estate Planning Tool for Couples: The Mirror Will
Whether married or unmarried, chances are, you've thought about how to plan your estate. While you have several estate planning tools at your disposal, there is one—mirror wills—that could work if you mostly agree on how to handle your estate. Read on for more information about mirror wills—including what they are, how they work and who they protect—to help you determine if this simple estate planning tool is right for you.
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Protecting and Selling Your Mobile Application
Even with the mobile app business booming, there is still room for app innovation. If you have your own idea for a mobile app and are ready to start developing it, you will want to make sure you understand the rules regarding copyright protection for computer programs—including what is protected and what is not—especially if you plan to profit from your work.
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Is Your Blog a Copyright Infringement Suit Waiting to Happen?
With more than 180 million blogs in the world, you have to wonder how many of these blogs infringe copyrights—or have their own infringed upon. If you have an active blog and regularly create new content—or reference others' content—you will want to read this.
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Copyright Issues for Social Media
Social media is becoming a vital part of marketing strategies in businesses bothlarge and small. Connecting with customers is the new expectation.But how this trend affects both the creators of original content and those who choose to repost or retweet something that wasn't their creation—remains to be seen.
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What You Can Do When Someone Steals or Misuses Your Photos
With social communities, using cameras phones to upload and instantly share images on the Internet has become a regular part of our lives. With this, the potential to have your photos stolen or misused becomes all too real. But there are laws that can help a sticky situation from getting worse.
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Taking Your Trademark Overseas
With the Internet and globalization making the world smaller, businesses are increasingly expanding overseas—and that means they need to protect their trademarks outside the U.S. Doing business in other countries? See how you can get trademark protection.
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Court Confirms Architectural Drawings Protected by Copyright
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of “original works of authorship” fixed in a tangible medium of expression. The U.S. Copyright Act identifies several categories of copyrightable works, including literary works, musical works, motion pictures, and other audiovisual works, and pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works.
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