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 market law firm in a controversial and challenging business environment of Bolivia in South America. After...

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. These questions came from the musician's perspective, especially as we discussed...

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 conversation is about the Three Items Marketers Need to Know Now - right now, with the COVID pandemic...

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 most frequent guest, John Eastwood. How are you doing, John? John Eastwood:Doing...

Trademarks are meant to signify the source and quality of goods or services. Therefore, trademarks that are descriptive are relatively disfavored. How can someone register a descriptive trademark? I discuss in this video blog! Here is a lightly edited version of the transcript: Hi, I'm Anthony Verna, managing partner at Verna Law, where we focus on intellectual property and advertising law. How can someone register a descriptive trademark? Now, as you may recall, a...

This is another video blog to go with our Patent Law FAQ – we hope you continue to enjoy our video blogs. Here is a lighted-edited transcript of the blog: Can I get a patent on my software? I’m Anthony Verna, managing partner of Verna Law, P.C, where we focus on intellectual property and advertising law. The short answer is “Maybe.” “It depends.” Lawyer answers, of course. Let’s talk a little bit about what a patent for a software invention would...

At Verna Law, P.C., we are doing a series of video blogs that coincide with our FAQs. This video answers the question “What is a patent?” Hi, I’m Anthony Verna, managing partner of Verna Law, P.C. where our team focuses on intellectual property and advertising law. We’re starting at the beginning of patent law for this series that matches up with the FAQ on our website. Let’s start at the beginning because it’s a very good place to start. What is a patent? A...

The full transcript of this video blog can be seen on our Copyright vs. Trademark page: https://vernalaw.com/copyright-vs-trademark-law/

In today’s troubled economic times, companies that fall may want to declare bankruptcy. Companies with registered trademarks may want to continue to use the trademarks and not lose any value in the brands. However, protecting the trademark from the beginning is paramount – not just registration, but understanding that it is an asset that other contracts may affect and that it must be treated like any other asset in bankruptcy. The consequence is that there may be a loss of...

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 topic is the hot-button issue is that as life is temporarily changed, our mindsets need to change. ...

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)And welcome to the Law and Business podcast. You already know I’m Anthony Verna. with me is...

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 Verna: (00:00)Welcome to our eighth and final episode of our special mini-series...

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. Anthony Verna: (00:01)Welcome to the seventh episode of our special mini-series with the...

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 disciplines in the case that a business looking for venture capital happens to fall into this...

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 this episode: Anthony Verna, Wil Jacques, Jim Huerta, Barry Kolevzon, Justin Tripodi, and Scott...

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 weapon for growth and results. Amy and Anthony talk about how the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has...

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 journalism and law – and being a journalist and being a lawyer –...

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 is Anthony Verna back with you for another episode of the Law and Business Podcast. We...

Verna Law, P.C. currently has cases in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Southern District of New York, the Eastern District of New York, the District of New Jersey, the Central District of California, and the Western District of Washington. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board appears to be running normally, except that the TTAB’s building itself is closed. The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s building is closed. But the USPTO is still running, accepting...

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. Chances are that if you’re listening, you already knew that. I am here at...

America’s favorite export, that’s right, LeBron James, and his media company, and Nike were all sued for trademark infringement this week in the Federal District Court of Washington D C. Why were they sued for trademark infringement and what does that tell the small business? So first off they were, excuse me, they were sued for trademark infringement because all of these entities, LeBron James’ media company and Nike are using a phrase called “I am more than an athlete,”...