Consistency in the use of a trademark is extremely important to building a strong brand in commerce. It helps consumers immediately identify your business, products, and services. It creates the impression of a professional, well-organized, trustworthy company. In...
Month: February 2021
Webinar: What You Should Do to Prepare for the FY22 H-1B Cap Season
https://youtu.be/0zP6eZnCMP0 The time is now to finalize your cases for the FY22 H-1B Cap Season. This webinar will break down: the fundamentals of the H-1B cap process the registration process the timelines and action plan examples of current challenges, and tips...
Video: February 2021 Business Immigration Update
Offer Presentations for Your Business? Protect Your Original Materials
Are you providing workshops, seminars, and training sessions as part of your business? Do you use your own original manuals, books, videos and presentation materials? If you are using your own original materials, you should protect them from potential infringers –...
A Valuable Task: Trademark Clearance Searches
One of the first questions I ask a new trademark client is “Did you conduct a trademark clearance search?” Sometimes the client will say they searched on Google and found no one using the mark on the internet. Other clients will tell me they went onto the United...
National Interest Waiver Green Card Approval Success Story
We have been working with Matt and his amazing family for about five years. They came to us as a referral from Justin, another great client and athlete on a P-1 visa. Since Matt and his family were looking for a path to a green card to continue to live, work, and...
What Do Employers Need to Know About the New Florida E-Verify Law?
Overview of E-Verify and Federal Requirements E-Verify is a web-based system introduced in 1996 to compare employees’ Form I-9 data with records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Social Security Administration (SSA), and the Department of State...
What Exactly Does “Failure to Function as a Trademark” Mean?
“Failure to function as a trademark” is one of the reasons the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may refuse to register an applicant’s proposed trademark. What does it mean? How can this happen? Quite simply, not all words, designs, or symbols used...