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		<title>More About Trademarks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a subset within the world of intellectual property rights, a trademark is essentially concerned with branding and identity. Joseph Fedorowsky]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Testamentary Trust?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As distinguished from an inter vivos or living trust, a testamentary trust is effective upon the death of its settlor (the person who sets up the trust) and the will is handled through probate. Every state has its own statutory requirements which must be followed when probating or processing a will. The most typical or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://josephfedorowsky.net/2010/02/what-is-a-testamentary-trust/</link>
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		<title>What is a Living Trust?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a number of ways that trusts are classified. One classic approach is to characterize the trust in relation to the Settlor, the person who established the trust. A Settlor is alternatively referred to as a Trustor, Grantor or Donor. A trust created during the Settlor’s lifetime is called an inter vivos (within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright, trademark or patent?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are three distinctly different types of intellectual property rights. Copyright is a creature of law, which allows for the protection of an author’s original work, assuming, of course, it’s in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright protection does not extend to ideas, which are not protected in the law. A trademark protects the phrases, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://josephfedorowsky.net/2010/02/copyright-trademark-or-patent/</link>
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		<title>The importance of nonprofit organizations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Without nonprofit organizations there would be fewer programs for us to share and learn, places for our children to visit or places for seniors to socialize or get support. For some people, volunteering their services makes them proud and useful; it provides them a chance to get out of the house and into the community. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://josephfedorowsky.net/2010/01/the-importance-of-nonprofit-organizations/</link>
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		<title>Classification of trusts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many different types of trusts and different classification criteria used. A trust may be classified based on how long a period of time it exists; on the relationship of the trust and the settler; on the type of property which is placed into the trust; or, on the way the trust was created. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trusts &#8211; some basics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A trust is one of the oldest and most respected legal agreements. In theory, a trust is fairly simple. Essentially, one person holds and manages assets for the benefit of another. As in any legal form, certain elements are required. In the United States, five different elements are required: a trustor, trustee, beneficiary, trust property [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright protection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A copyright is a type of intellectual property right which is the basis on which your writings may be protected from use by others without your permission. You automatically have a common law copyright to original materials that you pen and publish, but there are advantages to statutory registration. A copyright legally protects the unique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofits &#8211; preferred tax organizations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A top ten misunderstanding: nonprofit corporations are not necessarily nonprofit. The word nonprofit is somewhat of a misnomer. If the operation of any organization (not including the government, of course) results in no profit, it would likely go out of business! Nonprofits are, essentially, preferred tax organizations, such that certain taxes are not levied on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://josephfedorowsky.net/2010/01/nonprofits-preferred-tax-organizations/</link>
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		<title>Setting up a nonprofit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A nonprofit is initially set up as an organized group or entity under state law for exempt purposes. Nonprofit organizations include, for example, churches, schools and other types of charitable organizations recognized under law. Funds collected for approved exempt purposes must be properly applied to those exempt purposes. Generally, members are not paid, although it [...]]]></description>
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