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August 14, 2011

Surviving in a shaky economy may be easier for small business owners if you protect your intellectual property through patents, copyrights and trademarks. Artist and designer Lolita Healy is no stranger to the world of copyrighting her designs. Her advice for other entrepreneurs is to copyright everything or risk someone else coming along and stealing the idea.

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Charles Lucas II 9 months ago

Ms. Lolita,You rock. I too have gone the route of copyrighting, trademarking and patenting my products and I am glad that you have jovially discussed this with a refreshing candor to make it so simple for us... the new entrepreneur.

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