What are the Changes in the Estate Tax Laws?

New legislation, called the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010, was passed by the United States Congress on December 16, 2010 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 17, 2010, which affects federal estate taxes. A summary of the new law is as follows: As a temporary… [Read More]

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What Happened to Scrabulous on Facebook (Hint: Has to Do With Violating Scrabble Board Game’s Trademarks and Copyrights).

Online games are protected by copyright and trademark laws. Back in 2007, Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla created Scrabulous, the online Scrabble knockoff that became a smash on Facebook. When Hasbro, which owns the North American rights to Scrabble, filed suit for intellectual property infringement, the brothers removed the game from Facebook after the social network received a takedown notice from Hasbro’s lawyers [...] [Read more]

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