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• Best of 2009: “Keeping it real — the ultimate use in commerce”

  
  LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION — Authority: 132
  This was first posted on May 7, 2009.The TTABlog® reports, again, on the fraud issue, but that’s not what interests me here so much this time. Rather, it’s the question of the lifecycle of a trademark’s “use in commerce” status when plotted against that of a specific product which may no longer be ...
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• Gimme a Break! Vacation Days in 2009

  
  SavvySugar — Authority: 604
  We work hard for our money, honey! And boy do we ever deserve those days off! It seems the unstable economy and rocky job security may have kept most of us in our desk chairs and out of the spa this year. Thirty-four percent of you only took five to 10 vacation days in 2009 , followed by 29 percent who jetted out of ...
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• USPTO to Rehire Former Patent Examiners to Attack Backlog

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Christmas is coming early for inventors, innovative companies, patent attorneys and anyone in the technology/innovation industry that relies upon patent protection. Faced with a growing backlog and long patent pendency periods in a difficult fiscal environment, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is ...
  3 days ago

• Coppell ISD to sponsor internet safety, cyber bullying program (Coppell Gazette)

  
  Current Movie Reviews, Sports and Celebrity News — Authority: 142
  Special FBI agent Aaron Covey of the bureaus Dallas division will present a program on Internet safety and cyber bullying from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Coppell High School lecture hall. Hosted by the Cottonwood Creek PTO, the program is designed to inform parents about what they need to know about ...
  3 days ago

• Vacation/Time Earned While on Military Leave

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 435
  Yes, she probably is because she was on military leave. Use of PTO or paid vacation is a matter of company policy. However, federal law prohibits an employer from penalizing employees who take time off for active military duty under the USERRA regulations. Usually an employee accrues or earns PTO in the prior year — ...
  6 days ago

• US Congress Poised to Implement National Innovation Tax

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Earlier this week Mike Drummond, the Editor in Chief of Inventors Digest, authored an article titled US Senate Votes to Leave Patent Office Underfunded for 2010.  In this article Drummond explained that over the weekend, while no one was paying attention, the Senate voted to leave USPTO funding at the same level in ...
  1 week ago

• BTA ready for telecoms regulatory challenges

  
  indonesia type approval — Authority: 139
  The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) has said it is ready to tackle any regulatory challenges that would come as a result of the fast growing telecommunication industry. In 2008/2009 BTA was faced with a number of challenges in regulating a fast evolving telecommunications industry; it also had to contend ...
  1 week ago

• Tips for Hosting a Family Story Night at Your School

  
  Storytelling notes — Authority: 103
  Every now and then I like to write a how-to article for teachers, librarians and PTA/PTO members. Heres one! Looking for a family event to build listening and literacy skills, encourage parent involvement, build the school community, and make the school library a more welcoming space for students and parents? Why ...
  1 week ago

• US Senate Votes to Leave Patent Office Underfunded for 2010

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Congress convened in a rare session last Sunday. On that sleepy news day, the U.S. Senate passed an appropriations bill leaving the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office funding for 2010 essentially the same as 2009. President Obama should send this bill back. The USPTO is solely funded through fees. But Congress ...
  1 week ago

• But you let THEM register a trademark like that!

  
  LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION — Authority: 132
  Michael Hall of Registration Ruminations is wrestling, as more and more trademark practitioners are, with the increasingly ubiquitous problem of inconsistency within the PTO on trademark registrations — a topic on which he’s developed genuine expertise. In fact, I knew I had blogged about this before and had ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cap on accrued paid time off in California

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 435
  This is one of the few limits that California allows you as an employer to place upon vacation time or PTO.Under California law, an employee who accrues vacation time must be paid for it, or allowed to retain it for use at a future date. And PTO must be treated the same as vacation time. [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Patent Office to Accelerate Green Technology Patents

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Yesterday the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced the creation of a pilot program to accelerate the examination of certain green technology patent applications. The announcement was short on details, which will apparently be forthcoming, but the move to accelerate green technology patents is one that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Preparing For A Shopping Mob … At School

  
  The Sanatoga Post — Authority: 441
  POTTSTOWN PA – The Christmas rush isn’t limited to retail stores. For proof, visit Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School this Friday (Dec. 11, 2009). Theyll shop for gifts this Friday at Lower Pottsgroves school store. The Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) expects a crush of children when the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sneak Peek of Interview with David Kappos

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 131
  Mike Drummond, the Editor of Inventors Digest, sat down for an interview with David Kappos a few weeks ago while he was in Alexandria, Virginia, attending the Independent Inventors Conference. As has probably become apparent over the last several months Mike and I have been cooperating on a number of projects, ...
  3 weeks ago

• PTO Payout - Alabama

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 435
  This is not only lawful, it is exceptionally generous of you as an employer.In any state except California, you could permit employees to roll over 40 hours of PTO and lose the rest on their anniversary date without any payout. You could even implement a *use it or lose it* policy where employees could not [...]
  3 weeks ago

• DLSE Issues Opinion Permitting Employer Deductions of Vacation and/or Sick Leave for Absences of Less Than Four Hours

  
  Labor Employment Law Blog — Authority: 405
  On November 23, 2009, the Chief Counsel of the California Department of Industrial Relations Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) issued an opinion letter stating that employers may deduct vacation and sick leave for exempt employees’ partial-day absences of less than four hours as long as consistent with ...
  3 weeks ago

• Paid Time Off

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 435
  Yes, this policy is lawful in every state except California. (In Maryland and a few other states, it is being tried in the courts, but it is generally permitted.) This policy is generally referred to as a *use it or lose it* vacation policy. Employees who do not use their accrued vacation by a certain date [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Use it or Lose it PTO

  
  Human Resource Blog — Authority: 435
  Yes, this is entirely legal and even ethical. The employees travel arrangements are really none of the employers concern. The employee can certainly ask if she be allowed to carry over 2009 vacation until the first few weeks of 2010, but there is no law that the employer must grant this request — and we [...]
  3 weeks ago

• Co-workers donating PTO “gives me hope”

  
  Career Transition Services Blog, Corporate Outplacement, Job Search Services at RiseSmart — Authority: 112
  They say that time is the most precious gift you can give. And if that time is paid time off – and the recipient is truly in need – it is beyond precious. This deeply meaningful gift is being given not by friends, not by family… but by co-workers. I’m talking about a trend in generosity that should be quite ...
  4 weeks ago

• Losing my APPetite? Sorta

  
  Cynthia — Authority: 119
  After living with Gigi-the-iPhone for about 18 months, my app fervor has diminished. Ive six pages (100 apps) sitting on Gigi, but mostly, I use the ones that came with the phone. Of the ones Ive... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

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