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As you may already know, when you choose a trademark you have to make sure that the mark is strong enough to qualify for legal protection. This means that when it’s used in association with your product or service, consumers must recognize that it belongs to you. You cannot choose words such as “blue laptops” […]

Trademark

4/04/2022

What Makes a Trademark Merely Descriptive? 

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Each new year brings a wave of new trends and interests to every field, but this year we’re looking at smoother processes, faster application review times, and the expansion of trademark law to keep up with new technology.  So, what can you expect from Trademark law in 2022? Keep reading to find out:  NFTs As […]

Trademark

3/28/2022

2022 Trademark Trends Part 3: NFTs

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Each new year brings a wave of new trends and interests to every field, but this year we’re looking at smoother processes, faster application review times, and the expansion of trademark law to keep up with new technology.  So, what can you expect from Trademark law in 2022? Keep reading to find out:  Changes to […]

Trademark

3/21/2022

2022 Trademark Trends Part 2: Changes to USPTO Office Action Response Time

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Each new year brings a wave of new trends and interests to every field, but this year we’re looking at smoother processes, faster application review times, and the expansion of trademark law to keep up with new technology.  So, what can you expect from Trademark law in 2022? Keep reading to find out:  Reexaminations and […]

Trademark

3/14/2022

2022 Trademark Trends Part 1: Reexaminations and Expungement

The Law and Business Podcast

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Tune in here: Extract from episode 09 –Selling and Licensing Your Intellectual Property “Intellectual property is basically about intangible stuff in your business. So a trademark, a copyright, or even a patent. Right. So we’re going to talk about that stuff that you own. What happens if you want to sell it or license it? […]

The Law and Business Podcast

10/19/2021

Ep 09: Selling and Licensing Your Intellectual Property

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Tune in here: Extract from episode 08 –How to Legally Get Your Domain Name “Basically, if someone else has your domain, your URL, your website identifier, and you want it. So here’s the thing. If you are just a business and someone else is using your domain name, right, and you do not have a […]

The Law and Business Podcast

10/05/2021

Ep 08: How to Legally Get Your Domain Name

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Tune in here: Extract from Episode 07 –What to Do When a Client Won’t Pay “Let’s kind of go through the steps when a client doesn’t pay. So the first thing I want you guys to do, and this is kind of beforehand, is I want you to do a little bit of research into […]

The Law and Business Podcast

9/20/2021

Ep 07: What to Do When a Client Won’t Pay

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Extract from episode 06 –Ethics in the Coaching Industry “And the thing that I feel like with me being an attorney is that we are bound by a board of ethics. There is a board that if we do something wrong, we can be reported to, right? So it keeps people, and a lot of […]

The Law and Business Podcast

9/07/2021

Ep 06: Ethics in the Coaching Industry

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Unfortunately, not all of our industries are as exciting as the ones we see all the time.  Coaches, boutiques, brand stylists, home designers.  These things are the fun things, the cherry on top.  Our industries, the lawyers, accountants, financial advisers, not so much.  We are the necessary not the exciting.  However, that is why it […]

Entrepreneurship

8/31/2021

5 Reasons You Need A Personal Brand Even If You Are In A Boring Industry

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Tune in here: Extract from episode 05 –Clubhouse Trademark Infringement and Why You Need to Protect Your Brand “And as I mentioned, it’s called Clubhouse. Now, this app has become very, very popular. It actually has a valuation of $4 billion. That is pretty crazy. It’s a relatively new app. So in the app world, […]

The Law and Business Podcast

8/23/2021

Ep 05: Clubhouse Trademark Infringement and Why You Need to Protect Your Brand

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