The debate surrounding the Washington "Redskins" name and logo has been ongoing for over two decades. On July 8, 2015, U.S. District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee upheld the earlier ruling of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and ordered the cancellation of the...
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Month: July 2015
THE IMPACT OF SAME SEX MARRIAGE ON IMMIGRATION
On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states. The Supreme Court's decision to legalize same-sex marriage has redefined marriage equality, giving same-sex couples access to spousal benefits in areas such as tax,...
COPYRIGHT TROLLS
Today we introduce you to the cousin of the infamous patent troll, the copyright troll. Similar to the patent troll, copyright trolls are people or organizations that contract with multiple copyright holders in order to obtain the right to litigate on their behalf....
USING THE COPYRIGHT SYMBOL
When thinking of the copyright symbol ©, many people might associate the symbol as the obligatory stamp added on to the end of every book title or album cover, but what exactly does it mean? More importantly, how can this symbol be used to protect the work of artists,...
檢查單：立遺囑
早立遺囑不僅可以清楚的表達您過世后的意願，更能夠適宜的引導您的家人，減輕他們處理您留下的財產的負擔。遺囑難免讓人覺得不自在。因此，立峰專業律師事務所中心幫您準備了這份檢查單來幫您打下遺囑的基礎。 1. 受益人 當您提筆要立您的遺囑時，先考慮您想要誰來繼承您的房地產或財產。考慮受益人時，不要忘記詳細查問并考慮近期的新生，過世，新婚和離異等。 在立遺囑的早期階段，先不要擔心誰應該收到什麽。主要先決定您想要把誰寫進遺囑，并確保不要遺忘重要的人。另外，要記得在有些司法範圍内，取消您配偶或孩子的繼承權是違法的。 2. 財產...
