ArticleTrademark Week In Review: October 3, 2014And here’s your trademark trivia: RANGER trademark registered on this day in 1967 by Ford. As seen on this brochure from 1965United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
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ArticleUSPTO To Do A Deep Dive On DeepfakesThe United States Patent and Trademark office ("USPTO") has stated that it will be holding a roundtable on August 5, 2024...United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
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ArticleKentucky To Consider E-Recording ReformsThe past two decades have seen a paradigm shift in the way states sign, record, and notarize documents.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleOne Big Beautiful Bill Act Expands Gain Exclusion For Qualified Small Business StockInternal Revenue Code Section 1202 provides for the exclusion for noncorporate taxpayers of gain on the sale of qualified small business stock (QSBS) held for more than five years.United StatesTaxStites & Harbison PLLC
VideoWebinar: U.S. Privacy And Data Security Developments - Where Do We Go From Here?A webinar focusing on; U.S. Privacy Laws, FTC Enforcement & the COVID Effect.United StatesPrivacyStites & Harbison PLLC
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ArticleWelcome Aboard, New Patent Nerds!You know Stites & Harbison is home to Trademarkology, but did you know that Stites is also home to one of the most respected groups of Life Sciences patent attorneys in the Southeast? United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleProtecting Drinking WaterThe Safe Drinking Water Act is 40 years old! The SDWA was signed into law by President Gerald Ford on December 16, 1974. United StatesEnvironmentStites & Harbison PLLC
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ArticleForeign Account Owners Beware!An important deadline is approaching for those with foreign bank or financial accounts. United StatesTaxStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleKentucky Enacts Certificate Of Merit Requirement For Filing Medical Liability CasesThe Kentucky General Assembly has enacted KRS 411.167 which now requires a claimant commencing any civil action against a healthcare providerUnited StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleNew Bankruptcy Law May Increase Small Business FilingsOn Wednesday, February 19, 2020, the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019 becomes effective, creating a new Subchapter V for small-business debtors (less than $2,725,625 in debt). United StatesInsolvency/Bankruptcy/Re-StructuringStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleThe Basics Of Trademark Law And The Benefits Of Federal RegistrationA trademark is any word, phrase, symbol, logo, or design – or any combination – used to identify and distinguish the source of the goods or services of one party from those of others. United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
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