Legal Lunch and Learn 2010 Schedule
Sulimani Law Firm, PC and Walker Green Wilson & Butler, LLC
IGC 2010 Monthly Workshop Series
January 28th, 2010
Want to Own Your Own Business? Do It Right!
February 11, 2010
Choosing Your Corporate Name – Don’t Fall in Love Just Yet
March 11th, 2010
Do you feel lucky? Get the contracts in writing and put it in place
May 13th, 2010
Spring Cleaning
June 10th, 2010
Summertime and the Living is easy if you follow these rules
July 15, 2010 Declaring your Independence – Uncle Sam wants you to know - Employee vs Consultant – reviewing the IRS standards
August – Vacation
September 16, 2010 Going Back to School – Hiring Interns as part of your business model – reviewing the Department of Labor standards
October 14, 2010 Trick or Treat – What’s Behind Your Partner’s Mask: Protect Yourself with Buy Sell Agreements – Incorporating Buy Sell agreements into your bylaw and operating agreements
November 11, 2010 Bountiful Harvest – Exploring Food and Beverage companies – special business and legal focus
December 16, 2010 Year end wrap up – Charitable giving, 401 K for small business and SEP plans and other tax planning
Employee vs Independent Contractor-Understanding the Differences
Declaring your Independence – Uncle Sam wants you to know – Employee vs Consultant – reviewing the IRS standards
Come join Natalie Sulimani of Sulimani Law Firm, PC and Pamela Walker of Walker, Green, Wilson & Butler, LLC for the seventh of our 2010 legal lunch and learn seminars.
This month’s hot topic is Employee vs Consultant and reviewing the IRS standards. Understanding the difference between the two can be tricky and important for your business. Making a mistake in representing one but using the other can incur , among others, tax penalties.
Come lunch and learn and learn the differences between the two.
As always free!
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Geographical Indicators Pt. 2
Geographical Indicators (GI)
What is a GI?
A GI functions as a trademark with the same rights and protections that are granted to trademark owners. However, there are some major differences between a trademark and a GI. A trademark indicates the source of a product or service, for example, the consumer can trust that if a bottle bears the COCA-COLA mark it comes from, is licensed by or is somehow affiliated with the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, GA.
On the other hand, a GI does not refer to a single company or service provider. Instead, it indicates the regional source of the product, or in the alternative it indicates that a product or service fulfills specific attributes that define what it means to be from that particular region. The most notable examples are CHAMPAGNE for the sparkling wine that is made from grapes grown in the Champagne region of France and PARMA for the type of prosciutto ham that is produced in the Parma region of Italy. Domestically, IDAHO is a GI for potatoes made in that state. Beyond just being a mark that indicates that the potatoes came from a farm in Idaho, the GI also connotes that there are certain quality standards involved in the production and then final product that meets those established by the IDAHO Potato Council.
Therefore, a GI functions much as both a collective and certification mark. In order to be allowed to use a GI on your products and services, the business owner must be operating in the region and meet the standards set up to qualify for use. For the consumer, a GI then will be an indication that the product or service is of a certain quality and will serve the search-cost savings that is an important purpose of trademarks. This means that when you go into the supermarket to buy potatoes you know what IDAHO potatoes are and therefore need not research every brand of potato in the store. You just go in and pick up a bag marked IDAHO potatoes and move onto the next item on your list. This saves you time in researching your intended purchase beforehand as well as time while you are in the store.
This cost saving function for the consumer is what makes both GIs and trademarks, generally, a powerful business tool that both the legislature and judicial branches of our government have felt it important to protect.
Protecting Your Business Online Presence June 15th
Class: Protecting your online presence
Class Description: Protecting your online presence.
The internet and social media provide unique and cost effective ways of building your brand. As fast as it takes to ‘buzz’ your brand, it can be even faster to ruin your brand. This seminar will teach you tools that you can implement today to safeguard your brand and make sure the message out there is your message.
Course Outline: In this course you will learn:
- Identify your intellectual property
- Set up protocols to monitor your brand online
- Review and address infringement online.
Prerequisites: None
Please bring: Not Applicable
Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 6:00 P.M.
Location: Rockefeller Group Business Center, 48 Wall Street, 11th Fl. New York, NY
Instructor: Natalie Sulimani
Price: $29.95
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 6:00 P.M.
