{"id":169,"date":"2006-10-04T17:01:20","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T21:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/04\/new-source-of-trademark-copyright-info\/"},"modified":"2006-10-06T09:58:59","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T13:58:59","slug":"new-source-of-trademark-copyright-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2006\/10\/04\/new-source-of-trademark-copyright-info\/","title":{"rendered":"new source of trademark &amp; copyright info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">Thanks to a pointer from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inter-alia.net\/comments.php?id=P3678_0_1_0\">Inter Alia<\/a><\/em>, I discovered a new weblog today called <a href=\"http:\/\/tmexpress.blogspot.com\/\"><em><strong>TradeMark Express<\/strong><\/em><\/a>:<\/font><font face=\"Arial\"><em> A Blog about Trademarks, Copyrights &amp; Starting a Business.<\/em>\u00a0 It&#8217;s run by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ezinearticles.com\/?expert_bio=Shannon_Moore\">Shannon Moore<\/a>, who is\u00a0General Manager for the trademark research and consultation company also named <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmexpress.com\/index.php\">TradeMark Express<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The weblog looks like a good place to go to keep abreast of happenings in the tm and copyright arenas.\u00a0 I especially want to give it a plug because &#8212; unlike\u00a0weblogs\u00a0hosted by law firms who practice in those fields &#8212; <em>TME<\/em> links to a lot of free, self-help materials.\u00a0 For example, the following resources from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/\">Nolo.com<\/a>:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\" \/><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\" \/><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/p>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>&#8212;<\/strong> Nolo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/resource.cfm\/catID\/B0602CF7-ABD8-4E42-BA43CC5D1C51DCE8\/310\/238\/\">Creative Arts &amp; Music Resource Center<\/a> <\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&#8212; Nolo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/resource.cfm\/catID\/D8932879-DC34-43DF-BF65FC92D55FEE5D\/310\/274\/\">Trademark Resource Center<\/a>\u00a0 <\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><strong>&#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>Nolo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/resource.cfm\/catID\/DAE53B68-7BF5-455A-BC9F3D9C9C1F7513\/310\/276\/\">Copyright Resource Center<\/a> <\/font><\/div>\n<div><em><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"42\" alt=\"iPodS\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/10\/iPodS.gif\" width=\"40\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0p.s.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 Speaking of Nolo, <font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the latest entry\u00a0in its <\/font><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acidplanet.com\/artist.asp?podcasts=458636&amp;T=5921\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">Law in Plain English podcast<\/font><\/a><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\">\u00a0series is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acidplanet.com\/artist.asp?podcast=1244|2&amp;t=2329\"><strong>Can a nonprofit make a profit?<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">\u00a0<\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">In the 12-minute\u00a0interview, Anthony Mancuso, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/product.cfm\/ObjectID\/5C6811EB-C2B2-414C-B126D98C0F5364B4\/catid\/CE94A6B3-EFB6-4036-8498D5414328FD73\/111\/262\/\"><em>How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation<\/em> <\/a>\u00a0(Nolo),\u00a0discusses several issues regarding money and nonprofits, including the meaning of &#8216;profit&#8217;, types of nonprofit income, payments to nonprofit members, and various nonprofit income scenarios.\u00a0\u00a0 (Sept. 30, 2006, 17 min.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If that topic interests you, you might also want to check out Mancuso&#8217;s web article <\/font><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolo.com\/article.cfm\/ObjectID\/FB682F05-ADA1-4B8A-ACC2830A855686DB\/catID\/CE94A6B3-EFB6-4036-8498D5414328FD73\/111\/262\/ART\/\">Tax Concerns When Your Nonprofit Corporation Earns Money<\/a>.<\/font><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"43\" alt=\"expect delays\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2006\/08\/delays.gif\" width=\"60\" \/>\u00a0 <strong>Postscript 2<\/strong>:\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been so busy launching and recruiting, that I&#8217;m behind in expressing gratitude to several people in the blog world who have\u00a0told their readers\u00a0about <em>shlep<\/em>.\u00a0 They include: (1) Brooke Chappell, at <em>LawCrossings&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawcrossing.com\/article\/index.php?id=1920\"><em>Inside Legal Blogs<\/em><\/a>, for a lengthy pre-launch piece; 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