Businesses often want to have a trademark that describes what they're selling, but in order to be protectable, a trademark must be "distinctive." That is, it must be used to identify the source of the product or service, not just describe it. Courts classify marks into categories of distinctiveness. The most distinctive marks are those that are arbitrary or fanciful. [...]
Coronavirus Disease 2019 The CDC has released guidelines for employers on how to deal with the likely outbreak of "COVID-19" in the US. There are, however, legal as well as medical concerns involved with such a situation. While the EEOC has stated that employers may send workers home if they exhibit flu-like symptoms during a pandemic, employers should be careful in what [...]
Many small businesses start out as sole proprietorships or partnerships, usually because they're the simplest to get up and running. For most businesses, though, the small amount of extra time and expense involved in setting up a corporation or limited liability company (LLC) will be well worth it. The most important benefit of doing business as a corporation or LLC [...]
You may have heard that in the US there's no need to register your copyrights, because they're automatically protected. While this is true, this is misleading. While your work is automatically copyrighted once it's fixed in a tangible form, you can't enforce this copyright, because you can't bring a lawsuit for copyright infringement until you receive either a certificate of [...]
