Here's a non-lawyers guide for artists, creators, and entrepreneurs about copyright, trademark, and patent.

But maybe I shouldn't call it that because entrepreneur magazine has spent millions and millions of dollars

suing entrepreneurs for using the word entrepreneur.

It would be a little bit like Time Magazine, suing people who make clocks, or who use a watch,

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or even the west coast of Europe or Africa.

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We'll be back in a second to talk about what you might need to know, but might not understand,

about patents, trademarks, and copyright.

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