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Obtaining ® For Your Trademark - Classification is Crucial - New Trademark Guidelines Regarding Service Mark Classification

          By: Sharon Adams Every trademark application must identify the exact mark, and the goods or services that are associated with the mark.   The Trademark Examination Guide (released in August 2014) makes Read More

The First Amendment for Customers

          By: Andrew K Jacobson California Governor Jerry Brown has signed new legislation that voids language in contracts that prevents a consumer from commenting on the performance of a product or service. New Cal. Read More

PATENT PENDING -- what it is and how to obtain

By: Sharon Adams A product may be labeled as "patent pending" once a patent application has been filed, and until a patent is issued or the application is abandoned.  This includes Read More

Is Bitcoin in Your Wallet?

By: Daniel Richardson  Although virtual currencies are not new they have rapidly evolved in recent years and their use is entering the financial mainstream. Bitcoin is the most widely used of Read More

License to Extort Stopped

by: Andrew K Jacobson One characteristic of mobsters is the threat of something bad happening if you don’t do what the mobster wants you to do. It is even an unforgettable Read More

Now for The [Good] News...

by: Andrew K Jacobson The news has been dreary for some time now, and September has not been friendly in the recent past. Under all that gloom, it is easy to Read More

Cell Time

by: Andrew K Jacobson Employers have long known that they have to reimburse employees for out-of-pocket expenses like mileage or meals with clients. Now employers can add cell phone costs, when Read More

eJuror Scam

Don't get scammed -- there is a scam email pretending to be from your friendly federal district court. It states that you have been selected for jury duty in federal Read More

eJuror Scam

Don't get scammed -- there is a scam email pretending to be from your friendly federal district court. It states that you have been selected for jury duty in federal Read More

A Skull Full of Mush

by: Andrew K Jacobson [gallery columns="4" ids="1689"]   The New York Timesrecently featured an article  on Oakland’s own Sustainable Economies Law Center, which helps prospective lawyers apprentice with a lawyer for a Read More

Don't Put It On My TTAB

  by: Andrew K Jacobson If an executive agency, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) decides an issue, are courts bound to follow that decision? The circuit courts of appeal have multiple Read More

Don't Put It On My TTAB

  by: Andrew K Jacobson If an executive agency, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) decides an issue, are courts bound to follow that decision? The circuit courts of appeal have multiple Read More

Foiling the Hyenas

by: Andrew K Jacobson Biologists assure us that scavengers are an important part of the ecosystem, because they consume the carrion so that the material can enter the food chain again. In Read More

Foiling the Hyenas

by: Andrew K Jacobson Biologists assure us that scavengers are an important part of the ecosystem, because they consume the carrion so that the material can enter the food chain again. In Read More

What Season Is It? It's Duck Season!

[caption id="attachment_1655" align="alignright" width="300"] Daffy Duck, or Wrascally Wrabbit?[/caption] By: Andrew K Jacobson Look at the picture: what is it? A duck? A rabbit? Both? Depending on what hunting season it happens Read More

What Season Is It? It's Duck Season!

[caption id="attachment_1655" align="alignright" width="300"] Daffy Duck, or Wrascally Wrabbit?[/caption] By: Andrew K Jacobson Look at the picture: what is it? A duck? A rabbit? Both? Depending on what hunting season it happens Read More

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