This is Part 2 of a 6 Part Blog from our Charleston Trademark Attorney. Past Posts: Part 1 Part 2: Trademark Search and Clearance United States trademark law is unique and different compared to trademark law in foreign countries and what may seem like common sense. Whether an individual is new to the area of [...]
This is Part 1 of a 6 Part blog from our Charleston Trademark Attorney. Part 1: Trademark Priority and Trademark Distinctiveness United States trademark law is unique and different compared to trademark law in foreign countries and what may seem like common sense. Whether an individual is new to the area of trademark law as [...]
A generic trademark is when the name of the mark is the actual name for that product. Examples include: STRAWBERRY for strawberries, or LAW FIRM for a law firm, or TRADEMARK ATTORNEY for a Chicago trademark attorney. A generic term is not eligible for trademark registration . The reasoning is that to allow an individual the sole ability to [...]
The Small Business Administration announced two lending initiatives today, Small Loan Advantage and Community Advantage, aimed at making modest loans to small businesses quickly. The SBA's new Small Loan Advantage program permits larger banks, or preferred lenders, to make loans through its flagship 7(a) lending program up to $250,000 and get them approved quickly by [...]
A recent forecast, published by Forrester, regarding online retail sales made an important reference to Web influence on in-store retail sales. For those start-ups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs that do not intend to have a web presence, or do not intend to sell their services, crafts, and products online, they should pay attention to these [...]
Daniel-Island based Sabal Medical Inc., a privately held medical technology company, has been acquired by Swisslog, a Swiss provider of logistics solutions for hospitals, warehouses and distribution centers. Sabal Medical located in Daniel Island (Charleston), has been developing innovative products for the health care industry since 2007. It's main product, a mobile drug cabinet, will [...]
Charleston Mayor Joe Riley gave his State of the City address Tuesday night. As in previous years, the underlying theme of the address was Charleston job growth. Mayor Riley highlighted several business projects and business initiatives that would increase job growth in the Charleston area. A few of these business highlights were: » Increased cruise [...]
The Charlestowne Neighborhood Association, which represents Charleston homeowners who live south of Broad Street, is working to move he new cruise terminal to the Columbus street Terminal instead of the northern end of Union Pier. This is due to an effort by the neighborhood association to keep the planned cruise terminal from affecting residents near [...]
Our Charleston law firm organizes numerous corporations and LLC's each month. Although these new businesses operate in an array of industries, one common thread seems to exist in the new businesses marketing/advertising strategy: An attractive, powerful website that will automatically create traffic and instantly drive revenues. New business owners, not so fast. Like traditional advertising [...]
Registration is now open for the Entrepreneur and Business Expo in Mount Pleasant this September 8th. The business expo will offer cost-effective ways to promote business ventures along with techniques for business networking and personal development. Companies with a Mt. Pleasant business license will receive priority, but exhibit space will be reserved on a first-come, [...]
