Civil / Business Law

ABC License Revoked for Licensee Who Merely Filed Annual Report Late.

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Can an ABC licensee lose its license to sell alcoholic beverages merely by filing its annual report late? Absolutely! Notice that we did not ask “Can an ABC licensee lose its license by failing to file its annual report.  We merely asked “…by filing its report late?”  In a recent ABC case, the Hearing Officer revoked a merchant’s license to sell alcohol because the annual report was late and the inventory had not yet been…

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Federal Appeals Court Denies Trademark for the Word “!@#$%^&*()”

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It is not often that a federal appellate court will write one of George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words” over a dozen times in a published legal opinion — often in all capital letters.  However, in a US Court of Appeals case that is destined to be the inspiration for legal careers of 12-year-old boys everywhere, the Court yesterday said that a business could not trademark the word “!@#$%^&*.”  (See, not even we can get ourselves

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