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Are states allowed to infringe copyright?! The Eleventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed in 1794, providing states with “sovereign immunity” from lawsuits: The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any [...]

Did you know your brands are your trademarks? When you use something as a brand – company name, product name, logo, tagline – it becomes a trademark. Your legal right to use your brand, and your ability to stop [...]

Dear valued and respected clients, colleagues, and friends, Taking in the news recently has been incredibly difficult, made worse by the helplessness many of us feel. Our hearts break for the people of Haiti, the world's first black-led republic [...]

You may not own what you think you own... A client just sent me this article about a New Orleans bakery who was forced “to ditch all of the distinctive brand imagery that customers have become familiar with” because [...]

 Watch Susan Build Susan loved the simplicity of “ELEGANCE” as a brand for her business of building custom dining furniture. Her Google search didn’t find any furniture business using that brand, so she invested in a long-term marketing campaign [...]

We welcome Coti Heusmann It is my pleasure to welcome Trademark Attorney Coti Heusmann to the team at Law Offices of Gretchen McCord, PLLC! Bringing Coti into the firm will allow us to continue to provide our clients with [...]

2021 Fees: The Good News As you know, here at the Law Offices of Gretchen McCord, we greatly value our relationships with our clients, and we pride ourselves on being sensitive to our clients’ budgetary constraints. It is standard [...]

This is a stressful, scary time for everyone, and particularly business owners. Now is the perfect time to secure your business assets, protect both business and personal assets, and prepare your business for the future, whatever that might hold!

This is a stressful, scary time for everyone, and particularly business owners. Now is the perfect time to secure your business assets, protect both business and personal assets, and prepare your business for the future, whatever that might hold!