International Protector Group, a trust and estate planning consultancy, rolled out a family office service in November designed to help high-net-worth families and their advisors set up wealth protection structures using new legislation in the Bahamas.
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When it comes to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, advisors and assets managers have plenty of opportunities–and plenty of ways to blow it, according to a report released Wednesday by Cerulli Associates.
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Belgian lender KBC Group has completed the sale of its private equity portfolio to Swiss alternative asset manager LGT Capital Partners in a rare form of secondaries deal.
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Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) plans to argue in a London trial that Apple Inc. (AAPL) smartphones use its protected technology without authorization.
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UK-listed Electra Private Equity has set its sights on increasing exposure to debt investments and second-hand private equity assets, after portfolio exits helped reduce its discount to net asset value in the year ended September.
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Where can you get the best cup of coffee in America? According to Dunkin' Donuts, the finest cup of joe can be found in its thousands of stores nationwide, and the company wanted to make that designation official.
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Where can you get the best cup of coffee in America? According to Dunkin' Donuts, the finest cup of joe can be found in its thousands of stores nationwide, and the company wanted to make that designation official.
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Dunkin' Donuts claims to have the "best coffee in America," but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office disagrees.
Dunkin' Donuts' petition to trademark the phrase "best coffee in America" has been rejected by the agency.
The Massachusetts-based coffee chain's slogan was not "distinctive enough to qualify for protection" and is "merely laudatory and descriptive," the agency ruled recently, according to the Boston Globe.
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Dunkin' Donuts claims to have the "best coffee in America," but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office disagrees.
Dunkin' Donuts' petition to trademark the phrase "best coffee in America" has been rejected by the agency.
The Massachusetts-based coffee chain's slogan was not "distinctive enough to qualify for protection" and is "merely laudatory and descriptive," the agency ruled recently, according to the Boston Globe.
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Secondaries advisory firm Cogent Partners has bolstered its New York team as it anticipates a surge in global deal activity of up to $40bn a year.
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Silicon Valley contributed more to President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign than Wall Street and Hollywood, according to a Nov. 3 San Francisco Chronicle report. The Valley contributed $14.7 million compared to $14.5 million from New York City and $6.3 million from the Beverly Hills crowd. The data were compiled for the Chronicle by the nonpartisan organization MapLight.org. During his many trips to Silicon Valley, the President made a number of promises. Now that he has won, the Valley expects him to keep his end of the bargain.
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Can an employer require employees to submit employment-related disputes to binding arbitration? In general, “yes”. How does an employer make that happen? If you joined The Emplawyerologist from the beginning you already know the answer: include a written arbitration clause in your employment contract. (If you are first joining us, that material is available here.) As you may have guessed however, the employer will first need to clear some hurdles. Before discussing some of those hurdles, let’s get a little background:
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AXA Private Equity is targeting a $500 million to $600 million fund that will be used to invest across Asia, with around half that amount set aside for China, said AXA Private Equity Asia Head and Managing Director Jenhao Han.
Read more: http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/11/06/axa-raising-500-million-to-600-million-asian-fund/#ixzz2DdtUkcwh
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Legal process outsourcing (LPO) is the provision of legal-related services by non-traditional providers. This is not a new concept, but recent growth in the market - some estimates suggest up to around 60 per cent annual expansion - has been one of the most notable trends in the legal world over the past few years.
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And when scholars get around to studying the ruling issued on Wednesday by a federal appeals court in Manhattan, they may revel in its analysis of “The Development of the Aesthetic Functionality Doctrine” or “A Brief History of Single-Color Marks.”
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Erin-Michael Gill, chief intellectual property officer for MDB Capital Group LLC, talks about Apple Inc.'s patent-infringement dispute with Samsung Electronics Co. He speaks with Erik Schatzker and Stephanie Ruhle on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers."
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