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Where can I find images I can use for free? (and not get sued!)
Many business people, entrepreneurs, and creatives want to build a website or publish an article but don’t have a good image to go with it. Often the first reaction is to go to Google and start searching for images. STOP, this is a BAD idea. Copyright infringement is a bad idea and furthermore, the copyright troll industry is strong! A “copyright troll” is a party that enforces copyrights for the purpose of making money.
Lawyers and Engineers, So Different Yet So Similar
When thinking of engineers and lawyers, their differences are more obvious when you compare them based on the tasks they perform and the reasons they get hired. But by looking a little closer, there are a lot of similarities between the two professions. High-Level Education and Skillsets Both engineers and lawyers must go to school to level up their unique skill sets to prepare them for their rewarding careers.
"Patent Trolls" - What You Need to Know
You no doubt have heard of trolls before on the internet and social media. But did you know that there are so-called patent “trolls” who make a living suing for patent infringement? To understand this phenomenon you first need to understand what a patent is. A patent gives you a legal monopoly over a product. The right to get a patent is enshrined in the Constitution and Congress has enacted laws to protect inventors’ ideas and products.
Thomas Kading: Patents Give You a Monopoly, Not Permission
People often incorrectly believe a patent gives you the right to make, sell, offer to sell, or otherwise use a particular thing. Patents do not in fact give you these rights. Patents give you the right to exclude others from making, selling, offering to sell, or using a particular thing. In effect, a patent provides a monopoly on a particular concept for a certain time period.
How Does A Lawsuit Start?
By Tom Kading Joseph Wetch Most people have little idea about how a lawsuit works. This is true even if they are currently involved in a lawsuit! Nevertheless, if you find yourself in a lawsuit you should know how the system is designed to resolve disputes between litigants. A lawsuit is started with simple written papers. No fancy words are needed on the lawsuit papers, but you do have to follow some rules.
Legal Planning for Inflation
As of January 2022, the Bureau of Labor Statics (BLS) released a metric indicating that inflation over the last 12 months was 7.5%. BLS’s referenced metric is the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Since 1913, the average inflation as per the CPI has been 3.2% per year. At 7.5%, we are seeing the highest inflation rate since the early ’80s.
Does your business Need A Holding Company?
Holding companies are often used by business owners, entrepreneurs, and businesses to hold an interest in another company or asset. Often business owners wonder if a holding company is something they need for their business. Holding companies can provide liability protection, consolidate income for lending purposes, support multiple subsidiaries and centralize operations management.
Four Ways to Stop Someone from Stealing Your Idea
Many business people, entrepreneurs, and creatives have an idea but are unsure how to keep it from being taken by someone else. A business owner might have a unique method to manufacture a device. An entrepreneur might have a unique business name they want to turn into a national brand. A creative person might have created artwork or a book. Each of these people has developed valuable content, and each of them is due credit for their work.
Letter: The time has come in Fargo for property valuation ca...
The city is going to reassess properties in north Fargo again this summer. That's the third year in a row! The city has also said that valuation could go up or down. Who are they kidding? When does the city ever let the value go down for tax purposes?The new homes in the Edgewood Estates development look amazing. They are brand new homes in a beautiful neighborhood.
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