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Employment Law Roundup Federal: Wearables in the Workplace

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued new guidance on employers’ use of wearable technology for its staff. In recent years, some employers have begun requiring employees to wear smart devices such as watches or rings that track their activities and monitor their physical or mental condition in the workplace, smart glasses or helmets that measure the brain’s [...]

By | 2025-01-19T02:39:09+00:00 January 17th, 2025|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Employment Law Roundup Federal: Wearables in the Workplace

Intellectual Property Audits

If one of your New Year’s Resolutions is to become more diligent about your intellectual property, it would be a good idea to start the year with an intellectual property (IP) audit. IP includes copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, patents, trade secrets, and the like. In fact, it's called intellectual property since it involves products of the mind. An IP audit [...]

By | 2025-01-15T02:15:14+00:00 January 10th, 2025|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Intellectual Property Audits

Thousands of Copyrights Just Expired

Once again, New Year’s Day brought us more than resolutions, football games, and hangovers. On January 1st, works first published in 1929 (or, in the case of sound recordings, 1924) that were previously protected by copyright entered the public domain. Once a work becomes part of the public domain, anyone can reproduce it or create derivative works based on it, [...]

By | 2025-01-05T23:18:04+00:00 January 3rd, 2025|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Thousands of Copyrights Just Expired

Why You Should Register Your Copyrights Now

You may have heard there’s no need to register your copyright, because it’s automatically protected. But this is only half the story—you can’t enforce your copyright without either a certificate of registration or a denial of registration from the Copyright Office. Plus, there are a lot of reasons to register all of your copyrights promptly. 1. If you register a [...]

By | 2024-12-31T03:02:09+00:00 December 27th, 2024|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Why You Should Register Your Copyrights Now

Employment Law Roundup – Trademark Fee Increases

As we mentioned in a previous alert, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has planned a number of increases to trademark fees. A list of fee increases can be found on the USPTO’s website. If at all possible, you should file applications and pay post-registration maintenance fees before January 18, 2025, when the increases take effect. No Salary Threshold [...]

By | 2024-12-18T18:16:14+00:00 December 13th, 2024|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Employment Law Roundup – Trademark Fee Increases

End-of-Year Estate Planning and Tax-Free Gifting

As the year ends with holiday joy and time with loved ones, reviewing your estate plan and making tax-free gifts may not be at the top of your mind. However, it's the perfect time to ensure your estate is in order and to use the annual gift-tax exemption before it's gone. Estate Planning An estate plan ensures your assets are [...]

By | 2024-12-13T01:09:12+00:00 December 6th, 2024|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on End-of-Year Estate Planning and Tax-Free Gifting

Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us at The DuBoff Law Group!

This year we are truly thankful for our incredible staff who have worked diligently to serve our clients’ needs. While we are still facing many difficulties, we are hopeful that the future will be brighter. The celebration of Thanksgiving by this nation is deeply rooted in our history. President George Washington proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day on October 3, [...]

By | 2024-12-01T06:39:15+00:00 November 29th, 2024|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Happy Thanksgiving from All of Us at The DuBoff Law Group!

Trademark Scam Alert

Trademark-Registry Impersonators We frequently get questions from our clients about “important notifications” from companies offering to monitor, register, or renew their trademarks. The scam requests typically look like invoices or letters, often containing false due dates or threats about loss of rights if you don’t send payment immediately. These scams can be hard to identify because scammers often use names [...]

By | 2024-11-27T02:31:01+00:00 November 22nd, 2024|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Trademark Scam Alert

Mediation Is Often a Better Choice

When you have a dispute with someone, your first thought may be, “I’ll sue that $#@*&^%!” but this may not be the best option. Litigation is a stressful, time-consuming, slow, and expensive way to resolve a dispute. This means that settling a dispute is often preferable to resolving the matter through litigation. It’s faster and cheaper, and no matter how [...]

By | 2024-11-20T16:28:15+00:00 November 15th, 2024|Categories: Articles|Comments Off on Mediation Is Often a Better Choice