Invitation for “Drop in the Bucket” Event

February 5th, 2012

Hello,

Please join us for our Third Annual Fundraising Auction “A Drop in
the Bucket” event to be held March 30, 2012 at 6:30 pm at The Villa
Borghese, 70 Widmer Road in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. The cost per ticket is $50.

This event will feature silent and live auction items, cocktail hour, hearty
appetizers and other surprises.  Here is just a sample of some of the
great items up for auction this year :  7 night stay at Cima del Mundo in
Vieques,  PR.(blackout days apply) ,
humidor  with cigars, a ton of gift
certificates from local Restaurants,
golf from Copake Golf Course, 4-pak of tickets and one person in the
group can toss out a first pitch from the Renegades, signed football memorabilia.

 

By attending our Third Annual Drop
in the Bucket Fundraising Auction, you will help Water Without Borders
provide sustainable sources of clean drinking water to people in
need—domestically and internationally—in two primary ways:

 

  • Mission Awareness. Our mission begins
    with informing those interested in making a meaningful difference of the
    importance and need for clean and uncontaminated drinking water. Water in
    not only a life sustaining necessity, but crucial to preventing many of the
    world’s problems such as famine and disease…

 

  • Mission Accomplishment. The proceeds from
    this event will be utilized in the following ways:
  • digging
    wells,
  • installing
    water purification systems
  • providing
    disaster relief trailers

 

Without your support we would not be able to help as many as
we have.  Thank you!!

Your friend,

Frank

 

 

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Using a Trademark Actively

February 1st, 2012

A business that claims to own a trademark cannot stop others from using the same
or a similar trademark unless it is actively using the trademark.

In trademark law, “using” a trademark means putting it to work in the
marketplace to identify goods or services. This doesn’t mean that the product
or service actually has to be sold, as long as it is legitimately offered to
the public under the trademark in question.

 

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Dilution Statutes

February 1st, 2012

under federal (and some state) laws known as
dilution statutes, you may go to court to prevent your trademark from being
used by someone else if your mark is famous and the other company’s use would
dilute the mark’s strength — that is, weaken its reputation for quality
(called tarnishment) or render it common through overuse in different contexts
(called weakening). The key element is that your mark is famous — that is,
distinctive and recognizable.

Dilution statutes apply even if there is no way customers would
be likely to confuse the source of the goods or services with those sold by the
owner of the famous mark.

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Prevent trademark infringement of your business

February 1st, 2012

As the owner of a trademark, when you can stop others from using your trademark,
or a confusingly similar one, depends on such factors as:

  • whether the trademark is being used on competing goods
    or services (goods or services compete if the sale of one is likely to
    affect the sale of the other)
  • whether consumers would likely be confused by the dual
    use of the trademark, and
  • whether the trademark is being used in the same part of
    the country or is being used on related goods (goods that will likely be noticed
    by the same customers, even if they don’t compete with each other).

 

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Trademark Notices: ® or TM?

January 28th, 2012

The “R” in a circle (®) notice should accompany a trademark after it has
been registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Failure to
put the notice on a registered trademark can greatly reduce the possibility of
recovering significant damages if it later becomes necessary to file a lawsuit
against an infringer. The ® symbol may not be put on a mark unless it has been
registered with the USPTO.

Many
people like to put a “TM” (or “SM” for service mark) next
to their trademark or service mark to let the world know that they are claiming
ownership of it. However, it is not legally necessary to provide this type of
notice; the use of the trademark or service mark itself is the act that confers
ownership.

 

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