Archive for December, 2010

Harvard Business Services End of Year Wrap Up

Like any business, we like to end the year with a little profit. But we also like to have enough money – before profit – to improve our infrastructure. In years past it was a new roof, a new parking lot, Aeron chairs for everyone. Those were the good old days. Making improvements in your [...]

Posted by Rick Bell on Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

Patent Protection Outside of the U.S.

There is no such thing as an international patent. In previous blogs, we discussed patent procedures in the US. The title of this blog already hints that filing a patent in the U.S. alone does NOT give the inventor protection in another country. Whereas years ago, patent protection in another country was not a concern [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
Posted in 101
Tags: Patents

Meet the HBS Team: Kim Robbins, Filings Specialist

Kim is a filing specialist. Prior to joining HBS in 2006, she spent 20 years working in the banking industry. She obtained her Associates Degree in Office Administration from Goldey Beacom College in Wilmington, DE. Kim is active with her heritage and currently holds the title as Secretary with the Nanticoke Indian Association. She is [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

Business Nightmare: Fraud

The holiday season makes people want to spend money on the ones they love. Sometimes this desire to be generous can tempt an honest employee into cleverly stealing from the company. Small or large, any business faces many threats, from economic changes, competition, rising costs, and a long list of related challenges. But one threat [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Monday, December 27th, 2010
Posted in 101
Tags: 101, Fraud

Process for Obtaining a Patent—Part 2

This is the second part of the two-part blog on the process for obtaining a patent.  An excellent flowchart describing this process was introduced in the first blog and it is reproduced here. Steps 1 through 8 of the flowchart were discussed in part 1 of this two-part blog. (Note that the flowchart below is [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Posted in 101
Tags: Patents

Meet the HBS Team: Heather Manerchia, Director of Business Filings

Heather graduated from Chichester High School in Boothwyn, PA in 2003. She started working at HBS as a clerk in March 2004. She quickly proved that she could handle more and was promoted to process the document filings and retrievals. Her attention for detail led to her next role of International Filings Specialist. During that [...]

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

Franchise Opportunities

When thinking of a franchise business, many people think of McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy’s. But there are many more types of franchise businesses. One out of three dollars spent by Americans for goods and services is spent in a franchise business. Homes are bought, sold, cleaned, painted and carpeted through franchised businesses. Cars can [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Monday, December 20th, 2010
Posted in Articles of Interest, Trend Report
Tags: Articles of Interest, Frachise

Meet the HBS Team: Devin Scott, Sales Executive

Devin was born in Lewes, DE and attended Cape Henlopen High School and graduated from Delaware State University in 2001. He has been working in real estate since 2004 and recently joined the HBS sales team.

Posted by Carleigh Lowe on Thursday, December 16th, 2010
Posted in HBS Announcements
Tags: HBS Announcements

Process for Obtaining a Patent—Part 1

As part of this IP/patent blog series, we now discuss the process for obtaining a patent in a two-part blog.  An excellent flowchart describing this process appears on USPTO site, and it is reproduced here as a visual aid. (Note that the flowchart below is full of referenced links on the USPTO site; so if [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Posted in 101
Tags: Patents

Proposed Regulations on the Series LLC

We receive inquiries daily from clients wondering why everyone does not file a Series LLC instead of the traditional LLC. The Delaware Series LLC business form reduces the fees incurred in creating and maintaining separate business entities for different ventures or investments. Only one filing fee is required to form a Series LLC regardless of [...]

Posted by Brett Melson on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010
Posted in Articles of Interest, Limited Liability Company, Series LLC
Tags: Series LLC

What is a Patent?

Now that we have a basic definition of types of IP (see our last blog on Intellectual Property) let’s take a look at patents. The basis in the law for patents is in the US Constitution. Today, patents are the mechanism “…to promote the progress of science and useful arts…” (US Constitution, Article 1, Section [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Posted in 101
Tags: 101, Patents

Will Your Business Be Operating in 2011?

As the end of the year approaches, a lot of clients have questions on closing their business.  If your business is no longer operating, there will be a financial advantage in closing it formally before 2011.   Let us address that here. When franchise taxes are paid in March and June (March for a corporation, June [...]

Posted by Devin Scott on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
Posted in Franchise Tax, INC Knowledge
Tags: Closing Your Company, Franchise Tax



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