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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...
Foreign Nationals: Things You Should Know Before Travelling Abroad
Many foreign nationals travel abroad and renew their visas during this time of year. This process, however, is becoming more challenging, restrictive, and time-consuming with COVID still raging around the world. In January, the Biden Administration reinstated COVID-19...
Jim Moran Institute For Global Entrepreneurship Small Business Executive Program in Jacksonvillle
Are you a small business owner who has been in business for more than three years? Do you need help with strategic planning, digital marketing, financial analysis, protection of intellectual property, human resource issues, or succession planning? If so, you may be...
What Songwriters Can Do to Take Advantage of the New Blanket License for Mechanical Royalties
As songwriters know only too well, a significant portion of music these days is shared online, either by people downloading it directly or streaming it through various services. Unfortunately, up until this year, how royalties through these services work has been...
Use This Handy Checklist to Help You Get Ready for the H-1B Cap Filing Season
To start to give you some peace of mind and make this process go as smoothly as possible for you, we have created an initial checklist of documents and information that employers and employees should be gathering now. Download the checklist.
Copyright Owners Seeking Less than $30,000 in Damages Can Now Skip Federal Court
Are you the owner of a copyright that has been violated? Are you seeking damages that are less than $30,000? Good news is here! You may have heard that in December of last year, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (CASE...
Video: Learn about the Latest Immigration Updates and the H-1B Cap
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Answering HR Pros’ Most Common Business Immigration Questions: How Do I Verify the Work Authorization of F-1 STEM OPT Students?
How do I verify the work authorization of a student in F-1 status and STEM OPT? DHS issues F-1 students documents showing employment authorization based on the type of student they are and the type of employment they have. A foreign student in F-1 STEM OPT is issued...