Category: Legal Law

I reviewed a number of DNA mark kits and have described my findings here. Since this is not an advertisement, I have excluded trade names and trademarks. Prices range from £10.00 to around £50.00 and it really is a case of ‘you get what you pay for’. The DNA Marking Kit which comes in at …

Many companies using social media today are obsessed with public engagement and how to get more out of it. While that’s a big priority in social media marketing, I often have to sit down with clients and talk about the ‘lurker’. In Internet culture, a lurker is a person who reads discussions on a message …

A Rottweiler with too much energy can be very tiring for the owner. When you leave your Rottweiler alone for a few hours and come home to a dog who literally can’t stop whining, the first response is often frustration and anger. But, for an overly energetic Rottweiler prone to emotion, anger is the last …

Do you ever wake up feeling grumpy? After a good night’s sleep, you open your eyes and instead of the usual “let’s get out of bed and see what the day brings” attitude, a little voice inside your head says, “put your covers back on, sulky, and let’s go back to sleep.” .” What do …

What can happen when the leaders of an organization make bad ethical decisions? Ethical leaders place ethics above profit, and research has shown that this choice helps teams to be loyal, dedicated, and ethical as well. What causes ethical failures? Ethical lapses can be caused by a variety of factors including ignoring established boundaries for …

A Therapeutic Model for the Development of Self-Esteem Years ago, as a young graduate student, I heard one of my favorite professors, Dr. Alan Anderson of the University of Minnesota, talk about the role of birth order in the development of self-esteem. As a behaviourist, my reaction to this approach to human growth and development …

Times are changing and yoga is becoming very popular in the West. People are becoming more health conscious, trying to save themselves from misery by participating in various “green” and “organic” trends and activities. While most of these trends are a fad (supplements, pills, powders, juices, etc.), yoga is a proven science, thousands of years …

Puerto Rico has a payroll tax withholding. The PR W2 is different from the US W2, so be careful if you are filing W2 for PR. For more information on employment tax rates and requirements: Contact the PR Department of the Treasury at: Department of Finance post office box 9024140, San Juan, PR 00902-4140 Telephone: …

Co-customer marketing builds relationships and sends a clear message. Imagine you are the senior intellectual property counsel for a Fortune 100 company. Every law firm within two continents of your head office has begun posting comments, sending out press releases, and publishing articles on the latest landmark ruling; as of this writing, it would be …

The recent decision of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) in Societé des Produits Nestlé SA v Mars UK Ltd [2005], makes it easier for trademark holders to meet the distinctiveness test when applying for the registration of their trademarks. The ECJ decided that the distinctive character necessary for the registration of a trademark can …