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I had been working side by side with another person for approximately seven years. He is currently 66 and I am 34. It truly seemed to be a mutually beneficial match for each of us, and I believe that to this day, he would agree with this statement. But when it was time for the rubber to hit the Read More

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently denied registration for the trademark “EZ GRO” for “living flowers[,] plants and plant seeds” on the grounds that it was too confusingly similar to a pre-existing registered trademark, Read More

Launching a start-up business is a huge undertaking, especially when competing against the better known business giants. I entered into the daily deal space which some will think is crazy because it seems like everyone has entered into this trend. I however, didn’t let the “Big Dogs” in the daily Read More

NeighborOil is the start of a new currency (Neighbor Points) that will allow consumers to pay for local services through the use of points instead of just cash. Imagine shopping for groceries and earning neighbor points that you can use to pay for oil, the landscaper or remodeling work – that is w Read More

I was a successful realtor, even owned a small company with my husband, but when the real estate market tanked beginning in 2008 it started costing us more money to do business than we were making. We decided to take a time-out, maybe pretend we were retired, and wait for the market to improve. Our Read More

"Wedding Bliss Lane began as an outgrowth of Sal and Jackie's custom invitation business. While searching for places to sell their invitations, they came across the "usual suspects of websites" where business owners could buy and sell their products. However, after selling their wedding invitations Read More

In short, the driving force that prompted us (my fiance/partner Michelle and I) to start our own business can be summed up in one simple phrase "in the pursuit of happiness."

One of the most important lines in the Declaration of Independence has been reinvented in modern pop culture (both a fav Read More

To fill the bubble tea void in Issaquah, Chinh Vo created a unique family-friendly Bubble Shack in 2006. But like many others, the shop has been challenged by the downturn.

Its solution is a story of tapioca pearls meets pearl necklaces: A struggling bubble tea shop diversifies its clientele by Read More

In my previous life, I made a six figure salary. I was the youngest division head reporting to the president of our company and I was in charge of a 30+ person partnership marketing department. My career was on fire.

However, my daughter (who was then 3 years old) said to me one night as I was Read More

I have previously discussed the benefits of filing “intent-to-use” trademark registrations with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). The final step to completing an intent-to-use (“ITU”) trademark registration application—after your trademark examiner approves the trademark and Read More