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No More Audit Anxiety: Why an Intellectual Property Audit is Nothing to Fear

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Posted In Audit , Intellectual Property Your employment attorney has been advising you that you need to audit your independent contractors and overtime-exempt employees to comply with new rules, while your accountant has been working with you to help avoid audits by the IRS.

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Supreme Court Holds under First Amendment that Offensive, Disparaging Words Can Be Granted Trademark Protection

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Posted In Intellectual Property , Trademark Lately there has been a growing tension between certain trademark applicants and a provision of the 1946 Lanham Act, which governs protection of trademarks. More > Tags: Disparaging Words , Free Speech , Lanham Act , Trademark , Trademark Protection , U.S. ” 15 U.