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YogaGlo Patent Loses Its Shine
By: Sharon Adams YogaGlo Patent # 8,605,152, Figure 1 INTRODUCTION There has been much controversy in the yoga community about the recent issuance of a patent to YogaGlo. The YogaGlo patent contains claims for videoing a yoga instructor teaching students, with an unobstructed line of sight from video camera to the instructor. There are so […]
December 17, 2013 Posted in Articles, Patent, Trade Secrets, Uncategorized Tagged AIA, Festo, Forrest Yoga, prosecution history estoppel, videoing a yoga class, Yoga, YogaGlo Leave a comment
California Creates New Corporate Structures Enabling For-Profit Corporations To Consider the Public Benefit
Sharon Adams Introduction In January 2012, California created two new state corporate structures: (1) flexible purpose corporations, and (2) benefit corporations. Unlike traditional for-profit corporations, these new corporate structures are required to provide for benefit to the public. Unlike traditional non-profit corporations, these new corporate entities are not tax […]
November 22, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business Counseling, Employment, Political Tagged ben & jerrys, corporate structure, for-profit, ford motor cars, non-profit, public benefit, tax exempt Leave a comment
What Could Go Wrong With a Wooden Horse?
One of the major justifications small business owners have for not protecting their information more carefully is “who would want our information? We’re just a small firm that doesn’t handle anything important for anybody.” A recent security breach reveals the risks. A small software service that provides back-end software solutions for car-hire services had its […]
November 22, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling, Employment, High Technology Law, Intellectual Property, Political Tagged 1798.29, Angry Birds, data security, Identity theft, information protection, Security breach, Senate Bill 46, Trojan Horse Leave a comment
Veterans
Bay Oak Law’s own Daniel Gwozdz was recognized by the Bar Association of San Francisco on Veteran’s Day for his service in the US Army between 2000 and 2005. Dan was a scout for the legendary 10th Mountain Division, and served during operations in Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
November 11, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business Counseling, Political Leave a comment
California’s New LLC Law and You
by: Daniel E Gwozdz Daniel E Gwozdz is a 2012 graduate of Gonzaga School of Law and the newest attorney at Bay Oak Law. If the title above grabbed your attention, chances are that you are either a member of an Limited Liability Company or are interested in forming one. Limited Liability Companies, or LLCs, are […]
September 16, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling, High Technology Law, Intellectual Property Tagged LLC, RULLCA Leave a comment
New I-9 Form
The USCIS has introduced a new I-9 form that will have to be used for new employees. While use is currently voluntary, it will be required from May onward. No need to panic, however — it does not have to be used for current employees, only those who are new, or return to the company after being […]
March 28, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business Counseling, Employment Leave a comment
Now That’s a Hallmark Moment
When you think of Hallmark, you often think of the word “giving.” In a recent case, though, Hallmark will be doing the getting: a repayment of a substantial severance package by a former executive who later used Hallmark’s trade secrets to compete against it. As the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeal explained in Hallmark Cards, […]
March 8, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling, Employment, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets Tagged Hallmark, Murley, trade secret misappropriation, Trade Secrets Leave a comment
A Wait at the Gate
For all those employers (all none of you) ready to race ahead and give notices to employees about health insurance exchanges, you are going to have to hold off for awhile. Despite the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) requirement that employers provide written notice (1) informing the employee of the existence of an Exchange, including a […]
February 8, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business Counseling, Employment, Political Tagged Affordable Care Act, Department of Labor, Obamacare Leave a comment
Taxing Taxes
A former co-worker of mine, David Spence of the Royce Law Firm, was quoted in a Forbes blog today about Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board, where the California Second District Court of Appeal ruled as unconstitutional Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 18152.5 which allows sellers of small business stock (called “qualified small business stock” or “QSBS”) […]
February 6, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business Counseling, Political Leave a comment
Entrepreneurial Trap
Entrepreneurs in California sometimes want to organize their companies in other states, like Delaware or Nevada. They learn that companies can pay less in franchise fees in Nevada, or that Delaware is seen as the state for great corporations. There are good reasons to organize in those states, but for many companies operating in California, […]
January 31, 2013 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling Tagged incorporation corporation LLC organization Nevada Delaware California "foreign corporation" Leave a comment
