Retail licensees consider yourself warned … no excuses!

Retail licensees should step-up ID practices to avoid violations during the recently announced state-wide multi-agency compliance enforcement effort.  The police can issue a criminal summons to appear in criminal court and that same report can be used again by the...

Latest Revisions to Liquor Store Applications

The Authority has revised the Liquor Store and Wine Store application to assist applicants in providing more complete and accurate information and complying with all mandatory requirements. The primary changes include: a revision to the application checklist to verify...

Blondes don’t always have more fun (or trademarks)!

Blondes don’t always have more fun (or trademarks)! Consent or co-existence agreements may no longer be sufficient to overcome a refusal based or likelihood of confusion. A co-existence agreement is used when two businesses have similar marks but in good faith don’t...

AWE, MAN! DON’T TAKE AWAY THE COOL STUFF!

Those cool new car features that allow integrated on board car cameras and multi-purpose navigation devices might be short lived.  The music industry groups are suing Ford, GM and other car manufacturers for copyright infringement and failing to pay music royalties...

One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to contracts

Many employers download “standard” employment agreements from internet resources to use in their employee on-boarding process.  In fact, some payroll service providers provide subscriptions to online forms collections as a value add to their payroll services. These...