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5 reasons why restaurants and bars fail to grow their business
by evansfox | Mar 23, 2018 | Restaurants & Bar
Restaurant and Bar establishments are a complex and highly competitive business. There are many reasons why certain restaurants/bars fail… In working with restaurants and bars, I’ve come to find out there are essentially 5 reasons why restaurants and bars fail to grow...
Issues Clients face in Patent/Trademark
by evansfox | Mar 22, 2018 | Patent, Trademark
Issues Clients face in Patent/Trademark Understanding procedural options available at each step of patent process. Understanding if a trademark is available to be used. Understanding if an invention is potentially patentable. Strategizing to identify the key inventive...
5 Success Strategies for Women in Business
by evansfox | Mar 21, 2018 | General Business
Leverage And Invest In The Law As A Tool To Help Protect Your Hard Work. Legal advice can produce a good return on your investment. It is important to understand the tools available to you and how they can be used to your advantage. For example, an investment of less...
Puzzle Pieces
by evansfox | Feb 1, 2018 | General Business, Tips For the Entrepreneur
by Eric Tyira As an education junkie and a JOATMON (Jack Of All Trades Master Of None), life is never simple or easy. Some say life is nothing but a series of decisions and as Rush wrote, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." Encircled...
Sonic opposed Dogfish Head’s signature cocktail trademark
by evansfox | Jan 28, 2018 | General Business, Restaurants & Bar, Trademark
Sonic Drive-In opposed Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Inc.’s federal trademark application to register a "prohibition-inspired cocktail" branded "Sonic Archeology." The signature cocktail made from Dogfish Head spirits is sold in its branded restaurants. “Sonic” is...
Yes, you can sell the same beer under more than one brand name and other trademark lessons
by evansfox | Jan 27, 2018 | Brewery & Cidery, Tips For the Entrepreneur, Trademark
One of the ways to resolve a trademark dispute is to agree to sell a product under a different brand name in a territory where a competitor is using the same or a confusingly similar name. This can happen when companies rely on common law trademark rather than federal...
IP Community criticizes USPTO appeals fee rules in a brief submitted to the court before March hearing
by evansfox | Jan 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2013, the USPTO instituted a new fee rule that IP Owners group including Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Google call “crippling.” The rule itself isn’t new, but the interpretation of the law is. The law requires applicants that appeal de novo (a new review by...
The nation of Iceland is protecting its trademark identity
by evansfox | Jan 25, 2018 | Trademark
An application for "I ' celand" filed by Cosmica Cia. Ltda., an Ecuadorian company seeking to register the name for a line of vodka was opposed by the nation of Iceland on the basis that "The word 'I ' celand' denotes someone or something from Iceland [and] the public...
Another restaurant and retail store chain sued for website ADA violations
by evansfox | Jan 25, 2018 | Restaurants & Bar
Maria Mendizabal has sued Burger King and Morton Williams grocery store chains for ADA violations of the company’s website, alleging that she was prevented from gaining information such as store locations, hours and pricing. She claims the websites are not properly...
How will the government shutdown impact your TTB applications for licenses, permits, label approvals and other agency operations?
by evansfox | Jan 22, 2018 | Government, Patent, Retail Liquor License
The TTB is non-essential and will not operate to process permits, labels and other things filed. Those who work with the TTB (federal liquor licensing and label approvals) should plan for delays. However, there are no extensions automatically given. Things with...
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