FAQ
Understanding the Joint Venture
Joint Ventures Definition and Fiduciary Duties A joint venture is a legal organization that takes the form of a short-term partnership in which two or more persons jointly undertake a transaction for mutual benefit or profit usually for a specific business purpose. Generally each person contributes assets and shares risks. Like a partnership, joint ventures [...]
Place Names in Trademarks
So Is the Mark MANHATTAN DANCE STUDIO Registrable as a GI? No. It may be true that your dance studio is in Manhattan, but there is nothing special about the connection between this region and dance studios. Given the same instructors and four walls and a roof, your dance studio could be anywhere and the [...]
Authority for Geographical Indicators
Authority for GIs GI’s are registrable if they are applicable, collective and certified marks which include indications of regional origin. Each GI can exercise legitimate control over the use of the marks sought to be registered just as are trademarks, by persons, and nations, States, municipalities, and the like are even though they do not [...]
