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I want to show future prospective employers this portfolio. Does this break copyright or NDA laws?
answered on Feb 15, 2018
The answer to your question depends on the employment contract you signed with the marketing agency and whether you can share the portfolio. I would look to see what their requirement states first.
As far as copyright law, technically if you were hired as a work for hire with all... View More 
Business question here. I am an equal partner of a Florida LLC with two other people. I was out of town for some medical reasons for about a month, but I still continued to work. Anyway the other two decided to give themselves raises and a bigger bonus at the end of the year. I am just finding... View More
answered on Jan 27, 2018
What does your operating agreement say about distributions? That should be your first place to look at. If you guys don’t have one, this could potential cause a big issue especially since it’s a partnership, so have an attorney draft one for you guys that governs the different decisions that... View More
answered on Jan 5, 2018
You can file for application for intent to use. However you will need to start using the mark within 6 months or pay to file an extension if you haven’t started using the mark by then.
Our Board President is out of town for five months of the year and will not allow any other Director in our HOA to run a meeting. All meetings in these five months are actions taken without a meeting.
answered on Jan 3, 2018
Here in Florida, meetings by the board are determined by or in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation, so that would be a good place to start. In any event, a special meeting can generally be called by The president, chair of the board of directors; board of directors; other officers or... View More
they say I over paid them and they want me to pay the difference or they will bring bring me to court as they are dissolving. These women were hardly paid the entire time we were in business so anything over paid I feel as president is a bonus. they were put through a lot and not provided truthful... View More
answered on Dec 18, 2017
Hi, your best bet would be to contact a business attorney who can review either your operating agreement or Bylaw to see what the expense clause says and how much you can use for a payment settlement without the approval of the board. That would be a good place to start from.
I created a company with a few friends called G7 studios,I created a comic book character , later we dissolved the company can any ex employee make claim to it
answered on Nov 21, 2017
Without more it is difficult to determine but the question would be, did the employee create it while under your employment and did you have an agreement that basically said anything created by an employee for the employer belongs to the company etc or did you yourself create the character?... View More
Do I have the right for back overtime pay from my company
answered on Nov 10, 2017
If you are non exempt and are working more than 50 hours a week but only getting paid for 40, you most likely have a right to over time and possibly back payment of any overtime you haven’t been paid for. Contact a lawyer as soon as possible
I have a payroll deduction of 100$ every pay period already on this loan
answered on Nov 10, 2017
The information you provided is quite vague. The answer would depend on if you signed a repayment agreement or promissory note, Is your boss the employer or owner of the company? What type of loan did you take out, a 401k etc? Having an attorney review your loan agreement will be your best option.
answered on Nov 3, 2017
The answer to the question will be dependent on you and what is more important to you. If you value having a trusted advisor who knows your case in and out and you can come back to at any point in your life, you would be better off hiring an attorney. There are many able and skilled attorneys on... View More
You would have to pay 450 dollars to make up a clinical day but if you miss class hours you can miss up to 6 days and be fine. bit of backstory we ended up having to go to class because we could not be at the clinical facility that day I had a issue at home so I asked if I could miss the next day... View More
answered on Nov 1, 2017
Your best bet is to have an attorney review the program and attendance requirements and to help you determine your next cause of action.
answered on Oct 27, 2017
There is no maximum amount of Trademark am individual or a company can own.
answered on Oct 24, 2017
A trademark Owner may file a request to reinstate a registration if the registration was cancelled or expired for failure to file a section 8 affidavit, trademark renewal or response if they can provide proof that the cancellation was due to USPTO error or that the registrant didn’t receive the... View More
We will be designing brochures, logos, flyers, etc. for businesses nationally.
answered on Oct 24, 2017
By virtue of the fact that you have a business partner, you won’t be able to operate as a sole proprietor. It would be a partnership. The decision to operate as an LLC, partnership or a corporation will vary depending on the type of business, growth trajectory of the business, such as if you... View More
answered on Oct 24, 2017
Well a trademark protects items that help identify a brand such as the name, logo or slogan of the brand. Copyright on the other hand protects literary and artistic works, such as books, artwork and videos etc. For both of these you can’t protect an idea that’s only in your head but there are... View More
answered on Oct 23, 2017
I would suggest you have an attorney assist you with the process as this won't be simply changing from a Corp to an LLC on the Secretary of States site, you will also need to update tax documents with the IRS, if there are shareholders and a bylaw, these amongst other things will also need to... View More
If I used my own personal computer to write the code for an app, but tested the app on a company phone, do they have any claim to it? Wouldn't that be the same as downloading an app from the app store in terms of not having a claim to IP?
answered on Oct 23, 2017
The answer will largely depend on if you built the app for your company or while working for your company for their benefit and also what if any, your employment agreement or handbook states about Intellectual Property while working for the company. I suggest you contact an attorney so your... View More
I own a small ecommerce website where I sell some items bearing the names of very famous people from the past, like Michael jackson, muhamad ali, marilyn monroe, etc, can I get in trouble for doing that? A corporation recently contacted me regarding using the name of Frida Khalo on my site, she is... View More
answered on Oct 23, 2017
Perhaps. Privacy and publicity rights protect personal interests of the people who are represented in, or by, the work so in this case the artists you mentioned above. There are a few states currently that have statutes where the right of publicity survives the death of the person and protection... View More
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