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Sometimes.  Maybe.  It depends. A trademark is a source identifier; its purpose is to inform the purchaser of goods or services of the source of those goods or services. A design can be a trademark, but not when it is decorative ornamentation on the item itself.  I see this with clients who want to register […]

On day one of his administration, Donald Trump made good on his promise to limit immigration to the US.  Initially, the focus was on illegal immigration—visitors who overstayed their visas and those who crossed the border to the US without any visa at all. That focus has now expanded to include legal immigration, including by […]

The defining feature of a nonprofit corporation is that it has no owners or shareholders.  But although nonprofits have no owners, they are not limited to charitable activities; they operate businesses of all kinds, such as schools, hospitals, clubs and trade associations. In New Jersey, as in most other states, nonprofit corporations are governed by […]

On January 31, 2019, the New Jersey Assembly approved Senate Bill 121. The vote was 64 in favor, four against.  There were four abstentions.  S 121 was approved in June 2018 by the New Jersey Senate, by a vote of 34 to one.  The bill now goes to Governor Phil Murphy, who is expected to […]

January 1, 2019 was a really big, red-letter kind of day for writers, composers, musicians, filmmakers and artists and creators of all kinds. Why? Because that’s the date on which works protected under the federal copyright laws prior to 1978 and published prior to January 1, 1923 enter the public domain. When a work enters […]