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What is TEAS Plus When Filing a Trademark Application?
In the past, we have talked about many different trademark topics. When looking at trademarks themselves, we have discussed the difference between ® and TM. After a trademark has been...
Big Trademark Win For Dot-Com Brand Names
New Supreme Court Ruling Is A Victory For Dot-Com. The US Supreme Court just ruled that ‘Booking.com’ can be federally trademarked. The USPTO had rejected the mark ‘Booking.com’ as being...
Why Can’t I Just Terminate My Lease?
Wanting out of your commercial lease does not mean you can get out. Needing to terminate a commercial lease comes up often, and especially now with the current situation in...
What is an Advocate?
An Advocate is someone who works on behalf of another person. People in need of advocates are usually members of a population that may have significant challenges or roadblocks to resources,...
Can You Fire An Employee For Being Racist?
As an employer, it is well within your rights to terminate employees for essentially exercising very poor judgement, exposing and embarrassing themselves and, by proxy, the company they work for....
Employees Lying on LinkedIn. Should Employers Care?
More and more often I find myself sitting, mouth agape, absolutely mesmerized by what I find when looking at the LinkedIn profiles of people I am familiar with. Specifically, their...
Pay-if-paid vs. Pay-when-paid in Construction Contracts
What every subcontractor really needs to understand. One little word in a contract can make a big difference. Take for example the word “if” and the word “when”. If you...
How to Handle a Reference Call On The Employee You Fired.
Consider the notion that no good deed or lapse in professionalism usually goes unpunished. Is there anything more dreaded for a business owner or manager than to have to put...
L4SB Weighs in on NM Businesses Re-Opening During COVID-19
Larry Donahue shares best practices for businesses. ESPN Radio- http://www.1017theteam.com/ invited Larry Donahue back on on their program, Team Up New Mexico, to discuss the current business environment in New...
What Is an Annual Report and Why Is It Important?
Some states call it an Annual Report. Other states refer to it as an Annual Registration or Statement of Information. At the end of the day, they are all essentially the...
What does ‘Pro Hac Vice’ Mean and How is it Applied in a Legal Context?
Pro Hac Vice literally translates to “for this occasion only”, which is an apt description of its legal meaning, which is that an attorney who is not licensed in a...
Frost Bank in San Antonio Encounters Patent Lawsuit
Frost Bank in San Antonio has been served recently with a patent infringement lawsuit by company Lupercal LLC. The lawsuit identifies Dallas as Lupercal’s place of business, yet there is...