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OSU’s Confusing Trademark Application
Ohio State University has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “THE,” in international class 25 for use on clothing, namely, t-shirts, baseball caps,...
Gain Copyright Protection by Using an Anonymous LLC
These days, confidentiality is hard to come by. On a personal level, it’s hard to be anonymous even on a weekend vacation with friends when they tag you in pictures...
Likelihood of Confusion in Trademarks
For many businesses, brand name protection is one of their most important assets. Brands helps customers identify a particular business as the source of that business’s goods or services. And...
August 2019: Ask A Lawyer: Joseph Turner
In our fourteenth installment of “Ask a Lawyer” we featured questions from Joseph Turner. [Albuquerque Journal: ‘Ask a Lawyer’ Talks to Joseph Turner] Read it here Question 1 QUESTION: :...
Slingshot is a Fastest Growing Company!
Slingshot is honored to be noted as a Fastest Growing Company in New Mexico for 2019. We simply couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you to our clients for helping us...
Buying an Existing Business?
If you are presented with the opportunity of buying an existing business, you may be attracted to the idea of walking into an income-producing business with a great location, a...
#5- Breach of Contract- Part 2: The Most Common Lawsuits Filed Against Small Business Owners
Breach of contract means just that; a contract has been “breached” or broken. There are varying degrees of breach ranging anywhere from no performance at all to some/minimal performance. Lets...
The 5 Most Common Lawsuits Filed Against Small Business Owners.
Is your business doing all it can to avoid these types of lawsuits? I recently did some research into the most common lawsuits that are filed against small business owners. ...
Rolling Forward with Your Food Truck Idea
It usually goes something like this: while visiting a friend in Portland, you stopped by one of the city’s 50+ food cart pods the day it wasn’t raining and about...
Deepfakes and their legal implications
It’s hard to deny our affinity for creativity when it comes to enhancing selfies, vacation photos, or everyday moments with friends. Photo alteration, or manipulation, has been around for more...
July 2019: Ask A Lawyer: Special Edition – Ask an HR Professional
In our twelfth installment of “Ask a Lawyer” we have had a lot of Human Resources questions recently, and we decided to create a Special Edition of Ask A Lawyer...
How to Form a Food Truck LLC
Food? Check. Truck? Check. Now you’re ready to make your business official. One of the steps in this journey is starting a food truck LLC for your mobile eatery, the...