¿Está Protegido el Nombre de Mi Negocio Cuando Obtengo la LLC?
Trademarks offer more protections than filing an LLC in your state.
Marcos E. Garciaacosta, Esq. offers professional expertise in intellectual property protection.
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What to Do When a Customer Won’t Pay a Bill?
Many business owners and contractors find themselves stuck with a client that will not pay their bill in a timely manner or even worse, refuses to pay. Unfortunately, there are bad characters out there who take advantage of the investment and other’s work. Is very...
Is My Business Name Protected With the State Filing?
Many business owners feel accomplished when they form a corporation in their state or states where they do business, and rightfully so. Opening a business is the ultimate American dream. Some have a sense of safety that their business name won’t be stolen with the...
Stan Lee, the Creator Who Mismanaged His Intellectual Property
Stan Lee died yesterday, November 12th, 2018, and the super-heroes are mourning. He was a pop culture revolutionary, a writer, an editor, and publisher of superheroes’ stories that where human, complete with self-doubts and fragility who, nonetheless, overcame...
Client Spotlight: NX-Nardcotix Fiercely Protects Its Electronic Designs on Second Life
There is a world where all your little heart’s desires can come true: You live in a beautiful custom-designed mansion with a sparkling swimming pool where you gather your beautiful, model-like friends while you sashay a firm, bikini-clad body, martini in hand. It...
Pharrell Williams Threatens to Sue White House for Playing “Happy” After Synagogue Shooting
Even though President Trump and his family are avid traders of trademarks and manage their last name as a brand in multiple industries, he does not seem to respect others’ intellectual property as he should. Once again, a musician has sent through his lawyers a...
Ride Share Alternatives: Tripstars Offers Professional Services that Challenges Uber and Lyft
It takes guts to compete against Uber and Lyft, the giants of the rideshare universe, but a company in Phoenix is offering personalized ride share services at better prices for the consumer while providing above-industry incentives to qualified new drivers to join....
Investors Can Contribute to Economic Development Through Opportunity Zones
Investors have a new tool to develop certain areas where poverty and unemployment drag the community down. This tool is called Opportunity Zones (OZ). Opportunity zones are designations that bring investors, state and federal governments together to benefit...
Client Spotlight: Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza Protects Her Valuable Brand
Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza is an iconic figure in Arizona and nationally. She is a celebrated chef, a community and art activist who had transformed a rundown street into a destination for food and culture. She is nuestra patrona, our boss since we had the...
The patchwork legal landscape of the marijuana use
In case you have not noticed, the marijuana businesses are blooming in Arizona and other states. Dispensaries can be found in multiple places in cities, and the production in rural areas has spread. In Arizona, there is an energized community of marijuana...
