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What is the Most Important Requirement of a Trademark?

Because a trademark has to be able to identify particular goods or services the most important requirement for a trademark is that it is distinctive. That is the only way that the trademark of one company can be distinguished from that of another com...

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Rights and Obligations with Prenuptial Agreement

Rights and Obligations with Prenuptial Agreement by: Jeffrey Broobin Prenuptial agreements are like insurance policies. You do the paperwork, and then hope you'll never need it. However, since half of marriages end in divorce within the fir...

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How to Obtain a Patent The inner-workings of the U.S. Patent Office

The United States works differently than other countrieswhen it comes to giving patents. In the U.S., it doesn'tnecessarily matter who first applied for the patent (theprocess may take up to a year to complete). What does matter, however, is who...

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Google’s Book Scanning and Copyright Laws

Google’s Book Scanning and Copyright Laws by: Richard A. Chapo As you may know, Google is making an effort to scan every book in the world. The goal is to create a giant online database of every book that can be searched. One small problem is ...

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Interesting Judgment Calculations

I am not an attorney, I am a Judgment Broker. When one recovers, collects, or is paid on a judgment in a single lump payment, and there are no recoverable enforcement costs, the total amount owed (including interest) is easy to figure out. In the ca...

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Medical Malpractice Lawsuit

Medical malpractice is the most prominent and the most astounding issue of the 21st century. In the past 10 years the medical and health care standards have been violated like never before in the history. Due to such increase in medical negligence, t...

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The Tragic Effects of Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

It isn't always easy to recognize when a patient at a nursing home is being abused or neglected. Many of the perpetrators of this type of behavior know full well the risks and will take active measures to abuse their victims in such a way that n...

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Conveyancing Solicitors Explained

Conveyancing is the legal process of buying and selling a property. The person who deals with this process is usually referred to simply as a 'conveyancer,' which is a generic term to describe either a conveyancing solicitor or a licensed c...

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Inheritance Tax Can Be Costly But You Can Easily Lower The Expense With These Tips

Inheritance tax is one of those monetary problems which can make us feeling hard done by. However, with all the appropriate form of legal advice you can find your self having to pay significantly less than you first assumed. A person's estate d...

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Filing a Case Against Canine Bite Injuries

Filing a Case Against Canine Bite Injuries by: Paul Hood Man’s best friend can be man’s worst enemy. Statistics show dog attacks have accounted for more than 300 dog-bite related deaths in the United States from the period of 1979 through 19...

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