A Brooklyn restaurant that had the same name as a famous jewelry company was forced to change its name, change its facade from gold and purple and pay the jewelry company $25,000. The restaurant, which operated in Sheepshead Bay, went by the name Faberge without the...
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Year: 2014
Walgreens decides against move to Switzerland
New York residents may be interested to learn how Walgreens recently decided against a lucrative business move. After facing pressure from activists and lawmakers, the company chose not to move its headquarters from the United States to Switzerland. The move overseas...
Cable industry merger seeking approval from overburdened FCC
New York business owners may be interested in the regulatory issues that two corporations are dealing with in their attempt to merge. The leader of one of the companies remains positive, however, that the government agency charged with approving the merger will do so...
Intellectual property protection
When starting a business in New York, it is a good time to make sure that the company's intellectual property is protected. The best way to do that is to make sure that any slogans, logos or other marks related to the brand are trademarked. This makes it impossible...
Small business owners look for states that make life easier
New York residents may be interested in a new study looking at the overall 'business climate" of 38 different states. Although it is easy to rank which states have the lowest or the highest taxes, it takes first-hand experience to decide which states make a small...
New York soccer fans boost pay-TV viewers
Manhattan sports fans watched the World Cup in record numbers, resulting in a significant increase in pay-TV purchases. This was good news for major companies in the process of evaluating potential mergers. AT&T is looking at a merger with DirectTV. Comcast may...
Business taxes in New York
Business owners in New York are likely already aware that they operate under burdensome taxes. A major accounting firm recently rated New York City as last out of 31 cities in the country at providing favorable tax climates for businesses. According a 2014 competitive...
Entrepreneurial lessons to be learned
Most entrepreneurs understand that there are some differences between the way an enterprise in New York is started and how a startup in Silicon Valley comes into fruition. The stretch of land in Northern California has proven to foster a unique model of success in...
Product popularity doesn’t make trademark infringement okay
When you need to blow your nose, do you ask for a tissue or a Kleenex? When you have a headache, do you take an ibuprofen or an Advil? There are some products that are so popular that the brand name seems to have replaced the generic name for similar products. Failure...
Market power utilized by Amazon in contract disputes
When it comes to internet product sales, Amazon is a name that is certainly familiar to many New Yorkers. The name isn’t just well known from the consumer side of things, businesses that utilize the market power of the online sales distributor to boost their own...