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Aaron K. Haar
August 18, 2025
U.S. trademark rights stop at the border. If your business operates internationally or plans to expand abroad, you need to understand how to protect your trademark rights beyond the United States. Unlike the U.S., many countries follow a “first-to-file” system, which means rights are awarded to the first party to register the mark—not necessarily the first t...
Neal H. Bookspan
August 11, 2025
In the world of modern business, there’s a dangerous misconception that continues to undermine effective leadership and sustainable success. Too many executives, managers, and even seasoned professionals operate under the flawed assumption that displaying kindness equals showing weakness. This antiquated mindset not only damages workplace culture but also represe...
Aaron K. Haar
August 11, 2025
In trademark law, distinctiveness is key. The more distinctive a mark, the stronger its legal protection—and the easier to register and enforce the mark. Trademark law classifies marks along a spectrum of distinctiveness, ranging from inherently protectable to completely un-protectable. Understanding where your mark falls on this spectrum is critical to selecting...
David Schmidt
August 11, 2025
Jaburg Wilk announced that David G. Schmidt was named as a partner of the firm effective July 1, 2025.  Schmidt is an attorney in the firm’s bad faith litigation and insurance law practice group.   He has assisted insurance companies and business clients in litigation, insurance law, bad faith litigation, and construction defect litigation.   Schmidt earned...
Annalyse Harris
August 8, 2025
Last week, I was half-listening to one of my favorite podcasts during a workout when something OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said immediately caught my attention. He was chatting it up with comedian Theo Von on This Past Weekend when he made a casual remark that should raise serious concerns for anyone who’s ever shared something personal or legally sensitive with an AI ...
Corrinne R. Viola
August 7, 2025
Filing a charge of employment discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) can be confusing when determining who the employer is. That’s especially true in a complex corporate environment, where multiple companies may seem to be in charge. This is where the “integrated enterprise doctrine” comes in. It’s a legal concept used by co...
Neal H. Bookspan
August 4, 2025
In the fast-paced world of business and law, we’re conditioned to focus relentlessly on outcomes. Quarterly earnings, case verdicts, deal closures, and client acquisitions dominate metrics and conversations. Yet the most successful professionals I’ve encountered share a counter-intuitive trait: they’ve learned to embrace the process rather than focus only on ...
Aaron K. Haar
August 4, 2025
Securing a federal trademark registration is a major milestone—but it is not the end of the journey. To keep your rights strong and enforceable, you need to maintain the registration and actively protect the mark in the marketplace. Here is how to do both. 1.Use the Mark Consistently Trademark rights depend on ongoing use. Make sure the mark is used as register...
Nichole H. Wilk
July 30, 2025
In Arizona a party can collect assets in a small estate without having to open a probate through a form commonly known as a “small estate affidavit.” The purpose of Arizona’s small estate affidavit is to provide a simplified, low-cost alternative to probate for transferring a deceased person’s assets when the estate is small in value. What qualifies as a �...
Neal H. Bookspan
July 28, 2025
The alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m., and you already know the client meeting at 9 is going to be challenging. The contract review is behind schedule, opposing counsel sent another aggressive email late last night, and your paralegal just called in sick. Before you even step foot in the office, you’re mentally cataloging everything that could go wrong today. This is h...