In the U.S., trademark law regulates registered and unregistered trademarks. It also regulates service marks, although service marks have less legal authority. Trademark law protects the creator of a unique phrase, design, image, word, name, or logo so that other legal entities cannot use them. Registered and Unregistered Trademarks Trademark law honors unregistered trademarks as [...]
With the right care and assistance, even the most devastating of injuries doesn’t have to mean the end of your dreams and aspirations, as one 15 year old girl found out. Jordan was a bright, bubbly 15-year-old girl with a great future ahead of her. She was due to take her GCSEs and her school [...]
There is no action for infringement of your patent until it actually issues. However, through publication of your application, it may be possible to obtain provisional damages for the time between publication of the application and the issuance of the patent. Once your patent issues, infringement can give rise to treble damages and an award [...]
In the field of law, solicitors are lawyers who are allowed to deal with legal matters aside from conducting court proceedings. Such legal matters are mostly sought by people who experience personal problems about their jobs, their employer and other problems that require advices from legal counsels. However, the most popular reason on seeking the [...]
At this time of recession and economic upheaval, we want to believe our financial situations will improve, that the institutions we trusted will change for the better and we’ll see our depleted accounts fill up again. Yet many suspect this isn’t going to happen. We don’t see Wall Street embracing regulation and changes. So, while [...]
Though the idea of defending oneself physically has been around since nearly the dawn of time, organized law enforcement is a relatively new idea. As self defense evolved, it became defined by several disciplined forms, such as martial arts. Though it is an excellent idea for everyone to be trained in some form of physical [...]
If you are someone who occasionally goes out for a drink after work, then you might be surprised to hear that on the way home you could possibly face a DWI, or driving while intoxicated, charge. This can happen even if you don’t think you are impaired. Due to the pressure put on state governments [...]
Copyright management involves insuring that your copyright is continually updated and reviewed in order to escape legal loopholes that may permit certain individuals or businesses form profiting at your expense. Copyright management also involves monitoring all the avenues in which your intellectual property could potentially be exploited and insuring that it does not happen. This [...]
There are several conditions that mothers may develop during their pregnancy, all of which can adversely affect the health and well being of the mother or her baby if left undiagnosed and not properly treated. One of these conditions is called “pre-eclampsia” or “pregnancy induced high blood pressure or hypertension.” This condition, which has been [...]
