Religious organizations use and create intellectual property every day. But what is intellectual property? Attorney Randal Cloe of Carmel, Indiana, [caption id="" align="alignright" width="150"]
Randall D. Cloe, Owner of Cloe Legal, LLC[/caption] explains the history of protections for intellectual property in American law. The protections seek to protect the fruits of creators' labor. Intellectual property can be divided into three main categories: patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Cloe describes how to determine which category applies and the consequences of violating another's intellectual-property rights. Cloe Legal, LLC is a law firm established to counsel individuals, start-ups and small business owners on business matters such as entity selection, formation, transactions, intellectual property, and internet law.
