Solving the Puzzle of Intellectual Property for Business Leaders | Dan Shulman | Show 56

Protecting your Rights
Intellectual property can add value to your business if you protect it and you enforce the protection you have. On this episode of the Inside BS Show, Dave Lorenzo interviews Dan Shulman, an Intellectual Property attorney.

Dan shares the strategy and the tactics for protecting some of the most valuable assets in your business. You don't want to miss this Inside BS Show.

Chapters:
00:00 Solving the Puzzle of Intellectual Property for Business Leaders
01:37  How Dan started practicing Intellectual Property Law?
04:11  A day in a life of Dan Shulman
06:48  An overview of Copyright and Trademark law
10:31  How do you protect a Trade Secret?
13:12  How can your Brand be Protected?
16:01  How does Apple Trademark their Name when apples Literally Grow on Trees?
17:35  How Do you file for Copyright Protection?
21:22  What Happens if Someone Infringes on Your Rights?
29:36  Can You Get An Injunction in a Trademark Infringement Case?
30:40  Who is the Perfect Client for Dan Shulman?
32:28  How can an Author Protect their Rights?
36:46  What is the Best Referral for Dan Shulman?
44:24  Dan’s Talent Revealed: A Puzzle Solved 

Dan Shulman
Intellectual Property Attorney
Shareholder – Vedder Price P.C.
(312) 609-7530
dshulman@vedderprice.com

About Dan Shulman
Daniel (Dan) Shulman is a Shareholder in the Intellectual Property group at Vedder Price P.C. in Chicago. Dan is a former Chief IP Counsel who turns innovation into value with business-savvy techniques to win in the market before a costly win in the courtroom. Dan is an experienced litigator and appellate lawyer—but only as a last resort. Dan brings a unique perspective and client-focused approach honed by over a decade in-house as Chief IP Counsel for a multibillion-dollar conglomerate holding thousands of worldwide patents and trademarks. 
In addition to his substantive expertise in managing all aspects of intellectual property for consumer products companies having over $12 billion in annual revenue, Dan also developed a keen appreciation for what a client expects, and should demand, from outside counsel. Dan’s approach to his clients follows the Golden Rule—he treats his clients the way he expected to be treated by his own outside counsel. Dan is an experienced litigator, having taken patent, trademark and copyright cases through jury verdict and argued multiple appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Dan was named one of the Top Forty Lawyers Under 40 in Illinois in 2013 by the Law Bulletin, and Managing IP Top In House IP Star every year from 2015 through 2018.
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