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International multi-jurisdictional trademark filing options

734_ International multi-jurisdictional trademark filing options
 (Listen: Part 2 of 2 - International) Melody Harris and Samantha Sturgis, attorneys at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO), just conducted a program that had to do with 'Multi-Jurisdiction Filing Options' (The Madrid System), Community Trademarks (CTMs - European Union, 27 countries) and Registered Community Design (RCDs - Euro union, only for last 12 months). If you're thinking of expanding your business beyond the U.S., doing manufacturing in China or maybe trading goods in Europe, that's when you really need to think about trademark protection and that's frankly when you need to engage good council to help you through that process. Today Melody and Samantha are talking about some of the strategies to help you contain the costs involved and how you protect your brand out in a global market. (Listen: Part 1 of 2)Samantha pointed out, "In the US you gain Trademark rights by using Trademarks. You don't have to register a mark because it can be protected under the common law. However we recommend that our clients using trademarks, register the trademark, and register it at the federal level." Melodie added, "The first thing we want to do in thinking about filing a United States Trademark Application is whether or not somebody else might be out there already using that brand. So we recommend doing a trademark search before spending money to file an application which they may not have the ability to prosecute through to the end because someone else might be in line ahead of you. So it's really important to do at least, what we call a 'knockout' or quick search. Once we have the actual search process done, then we want to look at the application process. There are two different ways of filing applications in the U.S. You can file it on what's called a 'use base', which means you're already using the mark. Otherwise you file on what's called 'an intent to use' basis." Watch out for trademark trolls. There's much more...
Related Links: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP || US Patent and Trademark Office || US Copyright Office || It's the Law Channel || Keywords: Melody Harris, Samantha Sturgis, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO), Trademark, Copyright, Multi-Jurisdiction, Madrid System, European Union > Channel: Law 10104151 bytes - 11/9/09 LISTEN

International multi-jurisdictional trademark filing

733_ International multi-jurisdictional and national trademark filing options
 What you don't know can cause you and your organization some unbelievable financial pain. Melody Harris and Samantha Sturgis, attorneys at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO), just conducted a program that had to do with 'Multi-Jurisdiction Filing Options' (The Madrid System), Community Trademarks (CTMs - European Union, 27 countries) and Registered Community Design (RCDs - Euro union, only for last 12 mos). While Larry has owned businesses in five countries and has a registered trademark for w3w3(R) he learned a great deal. Samantha pointed out, "In the US you gain Trademark rights by using Trademarks. You don't have to register a mark because it can be protected under the common law. However we recommend that our clients using trademarks, register the trademark, and register it at the federal level." Melody added, "The first thing we want to do in thinking about filing a United States Trademark Application is whether or not somebody else might be out there already using that brand. So we recommend doing a trademark search before spending money to file an application which they may not have the ability to prosecute through to the end because someone else might be in line ahead of you. So it's really important to do at least, what we call a 'knockout' or quick search. Once we have the actual search process done, then we want to look at the application process. There are two different ways of filing applications in the U.S. You can file it on what's called a 'use base', which means you're already using the mark. Otherwise you file on what's called 'an intent to use' basis." There's much more...
Related Links: Holme Roberts & Owen LLP || US Patent and Trademark Office || US Copyright Office || It's the Law Channel || Keywords: Melody Harris, Samantha Sturgis, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP (HRO), Trademark, Copyright, Multi-Jurisdiction, Madrid System, European Union > Channel: Law 9262467 bytes 11/2/09 LISTEN

Photo Albums of Some of the Best September Business Meetings

Larry and Pat of w3w3.com attended a number of Colorado's top business events and captured photos of hundreds of attendees. If you were there, odds are, your picture is on the photo events page. Check these out: Epicenter of Organics Boulder; Sam Pitroda at TiE Rockies; Entrepreneurs Unplugged; Real Estate Investor Forum; DU/ACG Leadership 20; RMIMA Leadership; CPIA Posse; RVC Early Stage Investing; ACG Business Luncheon; Boulder/Denver New Tech Meetup; TiE Charter Meeting: daVinci, Mastering Change. Check out the photos now and see who you recognize.
You'll find a Photo Album cover for each event, click on that to see all the photos from that event. For example, above you see the photo album cover for the presentation Larry gave to the DaVinci Institue "Mastering Change" - Hope you enjoy! BTW, we've got some interesting <B><i>contests</i></B> coming up - make sure you know your way around the w3w3® website!  Check out the Events Photo Page

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The Cost of 'Presentism' in the Corporate Work Environment

The cost of 'Presenteesim' in the corporate work environment is nothing to laugh over. This new buzz word is likely affecting your bottom line. The idea- employees are present, but not able to work efficiently due to physical and mental health challenges. The answer, is an effective corporate wellness program that gets people moving more frequently and much more often. Kari Nelson, interviewed Hiran Perera from WalkingSpree.com and he talked about the effects of corporate wellness programs, keeping people motivated and your ROI. Obesity is growing out of control. And so is weight related diseases – diabetes, heart problems and the like. And that translates into dollars – many dollars – for your company. WalkingSpree is focused on delivering a best-of-breed online wellness program by incorporating the valuable features from online pedometer based programs, online social networking programs and online weight-loss programs. Listen to this interview and for more information, follow the link and think about letting your legs do some walking.
Related Links:  Walking Spree || Green Team || Green Source || Podcast Directory || Channels: News || > Bytes: 9963627 > LISTEN 9/15/08
 

Helping Companies Sell their Products and Services Overseas

Paul Bergman is the director for the United States Export Assistance Center based in Denver. His duty is helping companies sell their products and services from Colorado and Wyoming. At the Photonics conference (POSSE - CPIA) he was speaking and moderating a panel Opportunities for selling products and services overseas. Paul went onto explain, "Our main function is to help companies, especially small companies in the industry like Photonics get on the right track and sell their products overseas.  Today on the panel we had three men, Nick Traggis, Precision Photonics, Dave Rzasa, ASD Inc. and Greg Meese from Avantes – and all of these companies are heavily involved in exporting – somewhere between 40-60% of their products from Colorado. So, small companies in a land-locked state like Colorado can sell their products around the world. The Internet has opened up the whole world to Middle America." Paul also addressed the challenges companies have and what can be done to overcome them. "There are a lot of people here, like the U.S. Dept. of Commerce here, we work closely with the World Trade Center, with the State of Colorado International Trade Office, we all work together to try to help these new exporters find markets overseas. When they do get the inquiry, we help them through the paperwork, the financing, shipping of the products overseas and to get paid." There's more, listen now...

Related Links:  RM POSSE Conference || Export.gov || Buy USA || CPIA || > Bytes: 6011405 > LISTEN 9/15/08

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Global Expansion: Trust and a Two-Way Relationship are Crucial

Bilateral trade between Colorado and Canada, is more than $1 billion per year. That number is growing and Canada is the biggest foreign market for Colorado business people. Annual bilateral trade between the two countries, US & Canada, is about $630 billion a year. That’s more than $1.7 billion per day, and it’s more than $1 million per minute. The border between our two countries is the most important economic border in the world. As a market, Canada is crucially important for the American economy. And in fact the United States exports, sells, more to Canada than it does to the UK, Germany, Japan and China combined. That’s how big the Canadian market is for the United States. Dale Eisler, Consul General for Canada here in Denver shared with Larry a number of other statistics that would surprise many Coloradoans as well as the steps that a Colorado company can go through to doing a two-way business in Canada. Canada is the biggest energy supplier to the United States. And, get this, the US imports more oil from Canada than it does from Iraq and Saudi Arabia combined. It's also well known that US has a great relationship with Canada in the areas of aerospce, bioscience, telecom (wireless is getting very hot), IT software, gaming... just to name a few. LIsten for many additional ideas.  LISTEN

Related Links: Canadian Consulate || Canadian Trade Mission || Biosciences || Podcast Directory || BYTES: 31245273

Green IT Infrastructure Costs Less: Bigger is not Better

Green IT infrastructure costs less and improves the health of our planet. Trent Hein co-founder of Applied Trust and CEO and Ned McClain, co-founder and CTO talk about the proactive steps Applied Trust has taken to implement a Green IT infrastructure and take that even a step further and call it EcoInfrastructure.  Everyone knows that with today’s high cost of data center real estate, the increasing cost of energy, and your company’s desire to be more eco-friendly, infrastructure is on everyone’s mind. Trent and Ned discussed specific tactics and strategies for taking steps to building a Green IT infrastructure. Here are five key points: 1) Bigger is not better 2) Consolidate 3) Server virtualization 4) Organizational philosophy 5) Reduce the waste stream. Applied Trust engineers will work closely with your staff to ensure that a thorough assessment is conducted. All assessment recommendations will be presented in an actionable manner, such that network and system administrators can use the document as a guide for mitigation. Here are some results you can expect: • Reduced capital costs • Stronger bottom line through significantly reduced operating costs (including reduced energy consumption and reduced system administration labor) • Support for the environment • Improved employee morale and workplace environment • Improved corporate image as a “green business,” which can provide a marketing or recruiting edge. Listen Now...
Related Links: Applied Trust (ATE) || Women in IT || Conscious Economy Channel || Safe Surfing || BYTES: 21668156

LifeSciences - A Colorado Economic Powerhouse

The 5th Annual BioWest Conference and Expo attracts more than 900 of the Rocky Mountain region’s bioscience executives for networking, presentations, services, new technologies and business strategies. Jack Wheeler, Chairman of the Board, Colorado BioScience Assoc. and Founder, VP Bus. Dev. MicroPhage, discusses with Larry the high-lights of this two-day conference. It's loaded with Stimulating and Informative Keynote Presentations: Jim Collins noted management guru and author of "From Good to Great…Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t"; Stephen Ubl, President and CEO of AdvaMed (the Advanced Medical Technology Association); Chris Nolet, Ernst & Young, Partner and Leader Life Sciences Industry Group; Karen Bernstein, Editor-in-Chief of BioCentury; Governor Bill Ritter. There are also some top-notch Company Presentations: Companies presenting at the Mature Company forum include Array Biopharma, Baxa, Blue Sun Biodiesel, Cochlear Americas and Heska,. Start up companies chosen to present at the Venture Showcase include MBioSystems, Nanodisc, Sierra Puente, Solix Biofuels, ValveXchange and Ventrus Biosciences. In addition attendees will find Industry Support Resources and see some new research discoveries.
Related Links: BioWest 2007 Details || Photos BioWest 2006 || BioScience Channel || Find It || Bytes: 8933128 LISTEN

Customized Reporting Solutions Give Your Business an Edge

Effective use of your business systems means getting information from them into the hands of the people who need it. However, reporting is a weakness in most applications. Pre-defined reports often do not give the answers people are looking for and reporting tools are usually designed for programmers not real users. Stonefield Software specializes in creating customized reporting solutions for any application. Stonefield’s flagship product, the award-winning Stonefield Query, makes report writing a snap for even the most novice user. Elegant and persuasive reports can be created in minutes with little or no technical knowledge. A range of businesses from large companies like Sealy, Hitachi, NASA, Northrop Grumman, and 3M down to mom-and-pop and single person companies use Stonefield Query to get the information they need to run their businesses. Listen to Larry interview Stonefield CTO Doug Hennig about how customized reporting solutions can give your business an edge. Doug and 3 other executives will be in Denver October 9 - 11th to start these discussions. Contact Larry at w3w3.com as he can set up a face-to-face meeting with Doug. LISTEN
Related Links: Stonefield Query || Doing Biz with Canada || David Smith: Denver Canadian Consulate || Building a Win/Win Bridge for Canada & the US || Channel: Canada ||
Canada - Coming to Denver, Colorado Week of 10/9/07

Successful Global Presence - Canadian firm - Looks for Colorado Connection

ADX Studio is an established Web Application Development firm. The primary field of expertise is ‘web content management’, points out President Doug Schneider.
So we develop services around web site consulting, design, development, hosting. In doing this we have our own ‘content management system, which is our software product that we sell and support as well.
ADX Studio CMS is a powerful and affordable web content management system built on Microsoft® ASP.NET and .NET Framework 3.0. Its easy-to-use web-based tools empower content authors to manage complex websites, intranets, and extranets while alleviating the strain of costly IT resources. Their CMS program has advanced capabilities which allow organizations to deploy high performance, scalable, and secure websites with confidence. The President & CEO, Doug Schneider will be in Denver October 9 - 11 to start these discussions. LISTEN to his interview and if you have an interest, contact Larry at w3w3.com as he can set up a face-to-face meeting with Doug.

Related Links: ADXStudio || Canadian Channel || Doing Biz with Canada || David Smith: Denver Canadian Consulate || Building a Win/Win Bridge for Canada & the US || > Bytes: 6274719 > LISTEN