Law & Business

Understanding Patent Cease and Desist Letters Patents apply to actual inventions and prevent others from manufacturing, selling, or using a product or process. These protections are granted by the government in exchange for public disclosure of the invention, which can leave creators open to instances of patent infringement . When this occurs, an inventor’s first line of defense is the patent ceas...

It’s a fun Super Bowl weekend! So this video blog talks about trademarks for the Super Bowl, the NFL, and teams. Enjoy!

Let’s talk a little bit about the Post cereal lawsuit against OkGo. I think there’s been a lot of confusion about that. So I figured even though I’m on the road, let’s chat post filed a lawsuit against the band. Okay go. Why Post wants to file a trademark called OkGo for a line of cereals. Probably ready to made cereals is my guess. The band sent the post a what we call a c...

The “Law & Business” podcast has returned. Once again, we are with Heather Abissi , our co-host, from Abissi Law. We discuss domain names : How domain names are property; How domain names relate to trademark law ; In which ways a person or business can challenge the validity of a domain name registration; Arbitration or Federal Court? What happens when the federal government seizes...

The “Law and Business” podcast is BACK. And Anthony is joined by his new co-host, Heather Abissi . Heather M. Abissi, an attorney beginning her 15th year of practice, having served as an Executive Assistant District Attorney, Criminal Defense Attorney, Civil Rights Attorney, Tort Attorney, Family Law Attorney, Matrimonial Attorney, and Senior Assistant Corporation Counsel for the...

Coming aboard the “Law & Business” Podcast is Polina Chtchelok. Polina is an Australian lawyer and engineer. She started her career in the energy sector, where after having lived in 5 different countries and working on various investments and projects, she saw a business opportunity due to lack of specific legal services and she moved from working in-house to creating her own niche...

It’s always fun when your friends drop in for a podcast episode. My guest this time is my friend, the talented and lovely Andromeda Turre . Andromeda is a jazz singer whose latest project is called Growing up Jazz , a series about the influence of jazz on the American soul that runs parallel to her life story as the daughter of two jazz musicians. Andromeda had some copyright questions. Thes...

On Episode 58 of the “Law & Business” Podcast, Anthony sits down with James Kwon , the CEO and Executive Strategy Chef of Figmints , a digital marketing agency in Providence, Rhode Island. Figmints has cracked the code on creating, developing, and delivering the scalable, repeatable marketing, and sales models that create results, drive revenue, and keep its clients smiling. The co...

Anthony Verna sat down with John Eastwood of Eiger Law in Taipei, Taiwan to talk about some of the effects of the COVID pandemic. Some of the topics covered are intellectual property , especially in relationship to bankruptcy, and employment law across borders and oceans. Supply chains are affected, also. Anthony Verna: (00:02) And welcome to the Law and Business podcast. On this episode is the mo...

In Episode 56 of the “Law & Business” podcast, Anthony speaks to Jim Frawley of Bellwether (at bellwetherhub.com ), an executive coach. Jim helps his clients with that a slight push, or a friendly face when they try something new. Whatever you want Jim and Bellwether to be, that’s what they can be. Don’t just talk about the next steps – take an actual step to getting it done. Their...

In Episode 55 of the “Law & Business” Podcast, Anthony speaks with Chelsey Pendock of Innovision Advertising . Innovision is an advertising placement agency and Chelsey discusses the sudden changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes which businesses are advertising, and why it is still important to advertise in more difficult economic times. Enjoy! Anthony Verna: (00:02)...

It is our final episode with the Nessa Group, even though our relationship will last a long time. In this episode, the Nessa Group discusses a business with a unique and very special product. The product has the ability to help other businesses greatly. However, the business is built on shaky ground and the discussion revolves around that a business needs more than just a unique product. Anthony V...

It is the seventh and penultimate episode of this special mini-series with the Nessa Group, in which the discussion is about a plush toy company that is a start-up. The toy company has been able to services from Verna Law and the Nessa Group in order to get started – a mixture of intellectual property and business know-how. There was even some highly creative market research done at Toy Fair...

Be well, everyone. Thank you for listening. Do not forget to rate the “Law & Business” Podcast on your podcast app! In this roundtable episode with the Nessa Group , we discuss the importance of accredited investors in venture capital, what it means to be an accredited investor, what the possible pitfalls are if the investors are not accredited, and solutions from various disciplin...

In Episode 51 of the “Law & Business” Podcast, we take a look at a company that makes a plush product that is also a curtain tie-back. It is a very useful product, but one that also features the ability to be very fanciful. So the group takes a look at how the Nessa Group improved its sales and revenues from many different aspects, and also looks at what to continue to improve. In...

In our big 50th episode of the “Law & Business” podcast, Anthony sits down with Amy Birks , a strategic growth advisor for businesses. Amy has over a decade of experience in corporate finance, developing strategies and managing projects, and six years creating digital marketing and growth strategies for online businesses. That’s what makes her the purposeful CEO’s secret weap...

In Episode 49 of the “Law & Business” podcast, we have a chat with John Knebels. Knebs – as he is affectionately known – is a long-time local sports journalist in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Anthony and Knebs sat down in the public view in a local Panera and talked about: How has his job changed as technology changed? What keeps him going in journalism? How are...

On Episode 48 of the “Law & Business” podcast, it’s Tina Vignali of the blog Traveleidoscope . We have a friendly chat about what the blog means from a business model standpoint and some hot travel topics as the world is beginning to not be friendly to travel for the time being. Here is a lightly-edited transcript of the conversation: Anthony Verna: All right. Listeners, this...

Anthony Verna and Wil Jacques visited Toy Fair 2020. This is Anthony’s eleventh Toy Fair and Wil Jacques’ fifth Toy Fair. They opened the phone and recorded their thoughts for intellectual property trends they saw from the smaller businesses. Anthony Verna at Toy Fair 2020 Anthony Verna: Welcome to the “Law & Business” podcast. I’m Anthony Verna, Verna Law Managing Partner. C...

It is Episode 46 of the “Law & Business” Podcast. This is a continuance of our mini-series with the Nessa Group. Here, the group talks about businesses who are resistant to change. One trademark infringement lawsuit comes to Anthony’s mind on the topic, because after the trademark infringement lawsuit, Anthony sent the client to Nessa Group because the client had a loss of on...