Dealing with Disputes Among HOA Members
If you’re a member of your Homeowners Association board, you probably know it’s not always clear sailing when it comes to dealing with neighbor-on-neighbor complaints. If you’re like every other ...
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Life After Death of a Trademark…
Life After Death of a Trademark…How a Dead Mark Can Impact your Trademark Application In the spirit of October, and everything “Spooktacular,” the topic of dead trademarks seems appropriate for ...
Estate Tax Exemptions in the DELMARVA Region
Estate Tax Exemptions in the DELMARVA Region: D.C. Decouples, Maryland Caps, Virginia Holds Out, Delaware Repeals For several years, the DELMARVA Region jurisdictions (District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia) ...
Social Media: Personal but also Public
Social Media: Personal but also Public The use of social media in every day life is now becoming the norm. The President is well known for using Twitter. Celebrities have ...
Amazon Brand Registry Trademark Owners Beware
Trademark Owners Beware The Amazon Brand Registry (ABR) provides sellers with additional services to protect their brand and intellectual property, namely the ability to take down infringing or counterfeit listings ...
Local Rules Changes for the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of Virginia
New Local Rules for the Federal District Court Eastern District of Virginia By Thomas Dunlap The Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has recently (today – October ...
Selecting a Trademark Application, but Which One?
Intent to Use vs Use in Commerce There are two types of federal trademark applications that businesses can apply for – “Actual Use in Commerce” and “Intent to Use” applications. ...
Estate Planning Checklist
When it comes to estate planning, you can never be too careful and detailed. The more detailed and proper your plan is, the more confident you can be that your ...
Common Estate Planning Mistakes
Estate planning is very important. However, most people are quite unaware of the processes involved and how to go about it in general. It’s understandable though, as people don’t like ...
3 Reasons to Have an Estate Plan for Your Business
If you are a business owner, it is important that you have a carefully crafted estate plan for your business. Since we can’t predict the future, you want to know ...