What is the difference between an agreement and a contract? If you own a small business, you need to be precise about the distinction. An “agreement” is simply any arrangement or understanding between two or more parties about their rights and responsibilities to each other. These kinds of arrangements may be “gentlemen’s agreements,” where the agreement […]
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Starting a new business in the state of Florida can be an exciting time in an individual’s life, but it also requires hard work and dedication. This infographic explores and illustrates the four essential steps necessary to start an LLC in Florida beginning with naming your LLC and ending with creating an operating agreement. If you
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Every business owner understands the importance of legally protecting his or her company’s intellectual property. As intellectual property lawyers, we know that your company’s intellectual property is anything that your company creates – art, blueprints, writings, software, formulas – along with your customer and sales data and your other vital business information. Intellectual property can include
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For small business owners, intellectual property protection is a top priority. Creating and circulating a trademark – a name, symbol, or logo that people instantly identify with a company – is for many businesses an important part of creating public awareness. Trademark laws aim to prevent others from accidentally or intentionally taking advantage of the
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Marijuana is about to become a much bigger part of everyday life in Florida. One strain of cannabis will soon be cultivated here legally. A number of Florida municipalities are decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana. And another proposed constitutional amendment to legalize marijuana for medicinal use in Florida, the Right to Medical
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If you own a small business, you probably already know that your intellectual property or “IP” includes your new product and service ideas, advertising and marketing strategies, financial information, your customer and vendor information, and your manufacturing processes. It also includes any trademarks, logos, or slogans that you use to market or advertise your goods
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If you ever receive in the mail what appears to be an invoice for trademark-related services, contact a good trademark attorney before you pay it. It’s probably a trademark scam. Trademark scams are on the rise in the United States, and a mailing that asks you to send a fee or payment is the “trademark” modus operandi, so
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With the emergence of popular social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook over the last decade, the eternal struggle between employee privacy and an employer’s best interests has taken on a new dimension. If you think your social media accounts are something like a private hobby, think again. In Florida, employers can ask for social
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Our Daytona Beach trademark law firm recently learned that when Christine Palmerton launched a brand called “NautiGirl” in 2008, she was simply printing the image of a blue-haired young woman at the wheel of a ship on items like mugs, baseball caps, and boating-related products and accessories. Ms. Palmerton’s niche market – female boaters – was narrow,
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