Apr 30, 2018
Ways to Buy an Existing Business
In our previous piece (The Art of Buying and Selling a Business), we discussed some of the important issues you should consider when you want to sell or buy an...
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Mar 15, 2018
Gross Receipts Tax in the Digital Age
In a previous article, we talked about New Mexico’s Gross Receipts Tax (or NM GRT). To summarize, New Mexico imposes a “sales tax” on the sale of services as well...
Nov 5, 2017
Trademark Descriptiveness and Law Firm Trademarks in New Mexico
New Mexico law firms seem to have increasingly sought to protect their names or other trademarks recently. Traditionally, firm names have been boring, consisting mainly of the last names of...
Oct 27, 2017
Contract Tip: What is a Merger Clause?
In General, it’s Not Enforceable Unless it’s in the Contract A merger clause, also known as an integration clause, is a common contract provision. The clause provides that the written...
Oct 5, 2017
Trademarks Now Required for Amazon Brand Registry
Probably everyone is familiar with Amazon, one of the most successful and popular online retailers in the world. Amazon’s popularity makes it one of the best places for businesses to...
Sep 17, 2017
What Are Trademark Classes?
One of the more bewildering aspects of a trademark application is describing the goods and services the mark will identify. In this post we look at how the USPTO classifies...
Aug 21, 2017
Atari Sues Kit Kat for IP Infringement
Intellectual property is in the news again this week. Atari, an iconic video game company, sued Nestle, alleging that Nestle committed IP infringement on its classic “Breakout” video game by...
Aug 14, 2017
How to Create a Non-Profit Entity
We get a lot of calls from people with great ideas for charitable undertakings but often with little understanding of how to put those ideas into action. For many people,...
Jul 25, 2017
Can You Trademark a Surname?
Many people believe that they have the right to use their last name (i.e. surname) as part of their business name. This makes sense, as many people share the same...
Jul 6, 2017
Supreme Court Says USPTO May Not Reject Disparaging Trademarks
It’s always exciting (at least for trademark lawyers) whenever the Supreme Court issues an opinion about trademark law. The court recently issued its opinion in Matal v. Tam, an appeal...
Jun 7, 2017
Has “Google” become a generic term?
If you are like most of our readers, you got to this page after you googled something trademark-related. And if you are like most people, you probably didn’t think twice...
Apr 12, 2017
VARA: How Artists Can Protect Their Rights
As business attorneys, we frequently deal with copyright questions related to graphic arts and other commercial artwork. Usually this means putting agreements in place to make sure everyone owns the...
