When you have a brilliant idea and a fantastic invention that solves a problem or meets a need, you naturally want to share it with the word. However, protecting your intellectual property rights (and your financial future) means getting a patent first.
Patent applications are complicated and have a lot of different parts. However, most inventors struggle the hardest with the description of their invention. All the details need to be right the first time because you can't go back and add anything once your application is submitted without starting all over.
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Purchasing a home is quite an extensive process filled with many obstacles. There are so many details you need to consider and hoops to jump through. To make the legal aspect of this transaction easier to deal with, consider hiring a real estate attorney. They can provide the following services.
Title Search
When you purchase a home from a seller, you need to make absolutely sure they have the legal rights to the property.
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Famous couples getting divorced face huge obstacles, especially in cases where the breakup is contentious. There's usually a lot of money at stake, and both sides can typically afford to lawyer up and get good divorce attorneys. Seeing news of your divorce on the TV and the internet every day doesn't make things smoother, either. Here are four things we can, however, learn from these cases.
Time Matters
Having a long marriage factors into the court's assessment of how much money should be awarded, especially if the time of the marriage pre-dates when someone became successful.
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One of the defenses that you might be able to successfully use in court following an arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol is that you did so out of necessity. Many attorneys who specialize in DUI cases have been able to get their clients' charges dropped by effectively arguing that the client drove after drinking only because there was no better choice. This scenario might suggest that there was a proverbial gun held to your head that forced you to drink and drive — in reality, things likely weren't that dramatic.
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After a relative dies, and you have agreed to be the relative's executor of his/her will, you may feel quite overwhelmed by the responsibilities this important position requires. You may also feel confused, since the probate laws in your state may have changed from the time you agreed to be the executor to the point in time where the deceased passed away. Many states are changing laws over to a Uniform Probate Code.
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