Archive for March, 2010

Road accident Guides at Your Fingertips

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

News and stories on Road traffic accidents in US need not to be explained with great analysis any more as it has become a regular trend and more of accepted normal casualties. In Fact Personal Injury Law firms are coping up with enormous number of cases for their clients and practicing their legal compensation claim procedures everyday.

If you are a passenger in a vehicle and unfortunately involved with a horrible road accident after a collision, you are entitled to personal injury claim compensation from the insurance company covering the wrong doers i.e. the driver of your own vehicle or third party driver. If you are a pedestrian or riding a motorcycle or cycle, then you should claim against the person driving the vehicle. If you are in abroad or in a holiday vacation then also claims can be established.

But to get your objective fulfilled you need to prove another person liable for your personal injury. Then take down the names, address, and contact numbers of the eye witnesses to the accident. Collect photographs of the accident place possible. If the third party driver does not have any valid driving license, insurance or seems to have stolen vehicle, then you should immediately contact the police and file your report against him. While claiming, expenses receipt of prescription costs and traveling expenses should be kept with you for further evidences.

There are few more helps available to you in case of any road traffic accident. These are:

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) – They are involved in all types for road accident prevention policies for life at work, in the home, on the roads, on water any living places.

Local Police Force – For emergency cases you should dial 999.

Brake – A National Road Safety Charity

Motor Insurers’ Bureau (MIB) – Reimburse the victims of negligent uninsured and unknown motorists.

Citizens’ Advice Bureau – They provide free information and advice from near about 3400 locations and help people resolving their legal problems.

The Financial Ombudsman – To complain against your motor insurance company they can be contacted for impartial assistance.

Any other Help:

Visit South Florida car accident lawyer here at Reifkind & Thompson, P.L. and read more about how they can help you claiming for the legal compensation.

How to Do Trademark Registration in US

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

US Patent Granting and trademark registration for a business is done by authorized federal agency called The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). They have multiple resource of information that you can use as trademark application process. With the help of a trademark attorney it is possible to get familiarized with trademark process in detail. Let’s figure out the stages that you should be acquainted with for protecting your intellectual property rights.

1. Get hooked with general rules and regulation for application. If you are visiting USPTO website then search for Basic facts and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). You can also consult Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) with your personal lawyer.

2. Check out whether there is an existing claim on the trademark rights in a specific mark. To search it online you can take help of TESS (Trademark Electronic Search System) database. If search result mark conflicts with your mark then check out the status by accessing TARR (Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval) database.

3. Once chosen your mark and conducted the research successfully then you need to identify the goods or services to be used for trademark. Specify the nature and description of the goods and prepare a draft.

4. Henceforth illustration of your mark is to be done. Clear representation of the mark is required after which the mark will be used for filing and printing in the official gazette and on the registration certificate. There are mentioned two types of formats, standard character format and stylized or design format. Both of the marks format can not be mixed. Since the mark formats have their own specifications, a lawyer would help you to smooth this complicated process.

5. TEAS – the Trademark Electronic Application System would help you filing the trademark application form online. Later on you can recheck it for completeness and then directly submit it to USPTO. For payment you can use credit card, USPTO deposit account or do electronic funds transfer.

6. You can receive the summary of the filing through email and your application will be attached to a serial number. If you apply through paper application then near about 2-3 weeks would be needed to get the filing receipt. It will take another 5-6 months to receive a response to your application. The serial number would be the required for all of your future correspondence with the USPTO.

Further Enquiry:

ADDMG Trademark Lawyer practices Trademark acquisition and counselling in Miami, Orlando and other States of US. They also deal with other Business IP litigations.