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		<title>Can I Handwrite My Will? And More Free Legal Advice &#8211; Free Joe 5/15/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Yutzy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lynda: Is a hand written Last Will that is notarized just as legal as a Last Will drafted by a lawyer?

Joe Escalante: Hand written (or holographic) wills are allowed in...]]></description>
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		<title>Inventor Spotlight: Corn Flakes Inventor John Kellogg</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Fabio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For National Inventors Month this May, we’re celebrating innovation and highlighting some of the country’s finest innovators by telling you more about some who have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. John Harvey Kellogg &#8211; Flaked Cereal and Process of Preparing Same It’s hard to imagine a time when pouring cereal in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If I Publish a Book of Quotes, Am I Infringing on Copyright? And More Free Legal Advice &#8211; Free Joe 5/11/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Yutzy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Joe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bobbie: My question is about copyrights. I have an idea to publish small eBooks. Basically the books would be an aggregation of sayings or ideas gleaned from internet research. I would give credit to the originator under each saying, idea or tip. Do I need to worry about any copyright issues?

Joe Escalante: Great question and the answer is yes and no. If you write something like Zig Ziglar says “Rich people have small TVs...]]></description>
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		<title>iKids: Encouraging Children to Innovate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 12:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Fabio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrate Innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May is National Inventors&#8217; Month, and we&#8217;re celebrating innovation, so we thought it would be nice to honor some of the youngest inventors out there by featuring the Inventive Kids (iKids) website. According to the site: Inventive Kids was launched in 2003 to help children develop their innovative and creative potential. Now, with the launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business News Weekly Roundup: 5/11/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Fabio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small Biz News Roundup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, we want to remind you that May is National Small Business Month as well as National Inventors Month; for the latter, LegalZoom is celebrating innovation with a discount! Make your ideas a reality and save money doing it. Enter code INVENT at checkout: http://zoo.mn/invent2012. Now, in this week&#8217;s small business news roundup, we’ll discuss [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Use Facebook Posts as Evidence in Court? And More Free Legal Advice &#8211; Free Joe 5/4/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Yutzy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tan: Could any pics and/or stats that appear on one's Facebook page would be deemed admissible in court?

Joe Escalante: Yes. Facebook is a great place to get incriminating evidence to use in court. The judge will decide if it is probative or prejudicial...]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Apply for an Abandoned Trademark? And More Free Legal Advice &#8211; Free Joe 5/8/12</title>
		<link>http://blog.legalzoom.com/free-joe-friday/can-i-apply-for-an-abandoned-trademark-and-more-free-legal-advice-free-joe-5812/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.legalzoom.com/free-joe-friday/can-i-apply-for-an-abandoned-trademark-and-more-free-legal-advice-free-joe-5812/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carrie Yutzy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Madison: My business name is not trademarked however an application was abandoned a few years back by another business that still operates under that name. If I applied for the trademark and got it since the old one was abandoned, would the old company be able to take the trademark from me?

Joe Escalante: Great question. Trademark protection...]]></description>
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		<title>Intellectual Property Rights &amp; the Picasso that Didn’t Sink with the Titanic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Fabio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artists Right Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Cameron]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pablo Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” wasn’t on the Titanic when it sunk in 1912, but director James Cameron wanted it to go down with the ship for his 1997 film, so he eventually paid for the right to use its image. But then came the 3-D version of the film, released earlier this year, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inventor Spotlight: Wrinkle-Free Cotton Inventor Ruth Benerito</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 12:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Fabio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrate Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Inventors Hall of Fame]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For National Inventors Month this May, we’re celebrating innovation and highlighting some of the country’s finest innovators by telling you more about some who have been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Ruth Benerito &#8211; Wrinkle-Free Cotton Frequent travelers, busy parents, and everyone who just hates to iron (myself included) owe a huge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hitler&#8217;s Mein Kampf Set to be Republished by Bavarian Government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 12:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Fabio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intellectual Property]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mein Kampf]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adolf Hitler’s 1925 Nazi manifesto Mein Kampf is set to be republished by the German state of Bavaria, which owns the copyright, due to expire in 2015. Over the years, Bavaria has repeatedly blocked the work from being republished based on its ownership of the copyright of the German dictator’s manifesto; but now, with the [...]]]></description>
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