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Trademark Law Basics
A trademark is any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods, and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A service mark is a mark used in the sale or advertising of services to identify the services and distinguish them from the services of others.As the definitions suggest, a trademark or a service mark can be a name, symbol, or even a sound. Think of Nike. Both the name Nike...
Indiana Corporations- Piercing the Corporate Veil
In a 2005, Court of Appeals case, Brant v. Krilich, the Court listed the eight factors and described the standard by which a corporate veil could be pierced:In deciding whether a plaintiff has met the burden to pierce the corporate veil, the court considers whether the plaintiff has presented evidence showing: (1) undercapitalization, (2) absence of corporate records, (3) fraudulent representation by corporate shareholders or directors, (4) use of the corporation to promote fraud...
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Fully Virtual Law Office Is Launched in Indiana
Indianapolis, IN: February 1, 2010 – Tiffany U. Vivo, an Indianapolis attorney and Managing Partner of Vivo Law Offices, LLC announced today the launch of Indiana’s first fully virtual law office (VLO) in Indiana.A virtual law office (VLO) is a web-based law practice that enables clients and lawyers to communicate through encrypted messages from any web access point at times convenient for the client and typically at reduced costs. A VLO is not a website operated by non-lawyers...
New Indiana Laws Coming
It's January, and that means the Indiana General Assembly is in session. In just six months, a long list of new laws will go into effect, impacting millions of Hoosiers. Most Indiana law are passed with an effective date of July 1 in the year the law was passed. There are exceptions, but this is a common effective date for new laws in Indiana.Do you know the laws that are passed each year?Most Hoosiers have no idea what changes to laws are made each year. In fact, most lawyers...
