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Atlanta Real Estate Law

Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

The main idea behind the formulation of Real Estate Laws is the protection of public interest. This license law pertaining to real estate in Atlanta has been in place for a very long time, since 1926 to be exact. Some changes were effected in the law in 1999. The headquarters of the Georgia Real Estate Commission is in Atlanta.

For either buying or selling a house in Atlanta you will need to use the services of a broker. The broker’s commission is generally paid by the seller.

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Too Old To Drive? Seniors Who Seemingly Cannot See Or Function Sufficiently Behind The Wheel

Posted on December 29, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

How old is too old when it comes to driving? When is it time for seniors to give up their driving privileges?

My 83 year-old grandfather was driving nearly until he died. Had it not been for a sudden head injury caused by a fall he took at a convenient store that led to a stroke, he might still be driving today. Pop-Pop as I affectionately called him was a retired Lt. Colonel from the U.S. Army. He was wonderful with people, loved and was loved by everybody.

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The Advantage Of An S Corp Over An Llc

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Automotive, Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

It goes without saying that the LLC is the media darling when it comes to choosing an entity for small businesses. In some cases, however, an LLC is at a disadvantage compared to an S Corporation.

Originating in the late 1970s in Wyoming, Limited Liability Companies have rise to loft heights. They are arguably the single most popular and most used entity for small business start ups. Why is this? Well, the LLC offers the tax advantages of a partnership along with the liability protection of a corporation. At the same time, the LLC does not require owners, known as members, to comply with the formalities of a corporation. In truth, said formalities are pretty simple, but there you are.

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Trademark Logos

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

Logos are symbols that represent something. It is usually a company, product or brand. Logos help the company to register a particular image in a person’s mind about the company. For this, the logo has to be attractive, unique, and functional. It should also represent the company’s image well.

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Intellectual Property – Trade Mark Infringement – Figurative Community Trademark

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

In the case of Sportwetten GmbH Gera v the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (“OHIM”) (2005), it was held that the registration of a Community trade mark was not contrary to public policy or public morality.

On 11 January 1999, OHIM published a figurative mark incorporating the word INTERTOPS in respect of Class 42: bookmakers and betting services of all kinds.

Sportwetten GmbH was the proprietor of the trade mark INTERTOPS SPORTWETTEN, registered in Germany in respect of the same types of services.

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Facts And More Regarding Spinal Cord Injury

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

It helps a lot to learn about spinal cord injury, not that you would expect to have such condition or any of your loved one. All the same, it does not mean that we would be unguarded and ignorant about it.

As we may all be aware of, the major cluster of nerves carrying our nerve impulses or inclinations to and from our brain, distributing it to other parts of our body is known as the spinal cord.

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Book Hijacking

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

Book hijacking is reproducing books to sale illegally. Hijacking can happen in book industry, movie industry and music industry. Other industry has hijack too, but there is not very massive like that industry. Book Hijacking becomes big problem for publisher and author or singer. Publisher and author will lost and never get money from there. Authors will not enthusiasm to write other books. Other hand, government will not get money from tax especially tax for book, movie and music. This is very dangerous for industry development today and future.

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Patent Lawsuit Financing

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

Patents are related to new innovative and useful inventions made by researchers and inventors. Patents are exclusive legal rights given to inventors by the court for a fixed duration of time, allowing them to disclose the inventions to the general public, with certain regulations and details about the device or invention made.

Patents help inventors to safeguard their creations and make it illegal for anybody else to make copies of the original inventions either as a whole or in parts. Every invention and development made should be patented. There are patent attorneys who help the inventors to gain ownership rights to their products.

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Title Of Ownership - Problems In Joint Tenancy, Right Of Survivorship And Community Property

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

Mrs. Jones came to see me after the death of her husband because she wanted help on the distribution of his property. She had gone to her bank to withdraw one of her CDs (certificates of deposit) in the name of both her and her husband. The bank officer stated, “Since your husband has died, we can’t release these funds to you without a court order.”

Warning! Joint Tenancy May Not Mean Right of Survivorship

Although the account was in both their names, it didn’t specify right of survivorship. That’s the first problem with joint tenancy: The belief that the right of survivorship exists just because both names are present on the document; the ownership must actually indicate a right of survivorship.

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The Consequences Of Identity Theft

Posted on December 28, 2007 - Filed Under Legal and Law | Leave a Comment

The Consequences Of Identity Theft

Identity theft occurs when someone assumes your identity to commit a crime. It could have serious consequences on your lives, and could also lead to job loss, or even your marriage could be adversely affected. It is a serious breach of your privacy. In today’s political scenario, identity theft could be carried out to aid terrorism, in addition to spying, illegal immigration, and even a permanent change of identity.

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