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Can We Talk?
December 21, 2011
A newly expanded Patent Office program makes it easier to talk to the examiner prior to initial examination. The heart of the program is an "Examiner Interview" that takes place before the examiner issues a first official action, which allows the examiner and patent applicant to discuss the application, identify allowable patent claims, and shave months or years off of the time from filing of an application to receipt of an issued patent.
.XXX General Availability Period: A Green Light to Block Red Light Domain Names
December 21, 2011
Now is the time for trademark, domain name and brand owners to purchase .XXX domains to pro-actively race to stake a claim in their brand ' if only as a defensive measure to prevent other domain owners from registering/using their name in a .XXX context. In the event that yours wasn't the first hand to pull the trigger in the .XXX domain name shoot 'em up, what are the ramifications of having your mark incorporated into an active .XXX domain?
January issue in PDF format
December 20, 2011
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Movers & Shakers
December 20, 2011
Who's doing what; who's going where.
News Briefs
December 20, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
Court Watch
December 20, 2011
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
Living in the Shadow of National Survival Game
December 20, 2011
On Nov. 14, 1988, the Honorable Gerald E. Delaney of the N.Y. Supreme Court, Westchester County, released a decision that limited the utility of the New York Franchise Law's isolated sales exemption. His decision in <i>The National Survival Game of New York, Inc. v. NSG of LI Corp.</i>, remains the law in New York. But did Justice Delaney get it right?
Finding Bright Spots in Franchising
December 20, 2011
As we begin 2012, <i>FBLA</i> asked leaders in franchise law to comment about the bright spots in franchising today.
January issue in PDF format
December 20, 2011
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How to Recognize and Remedy an Unauthorized Financing Statement
December 20, 2011
Recently, individuals including prison inmates and members of antigovernment groups &mdash; some considered "domestic terrorists" by the Federal Bureau of Investigation &mdash; have been utilizing the relaxed filing requirements of the Uniform Commercial Code, Article 9, to file and record false UCC-1 financing statements against individuals, companies and law enforcement officials.

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