INSIGHT : New York State Grants for Businesses
Most businesses owners are aware that billions of dollars in grant money flows into local businesses from federal, state and regional sources. These grants support a variety of goals - increasing loca ...
INSIGHT : Non-Profits Approaching Foundations
While I'm frequently involved in the nuts-to-bolts tasks of organizing non-profits, my exposure to their fundraising activities is often indirect - compliance concerns, attending events, celebrating t ...
INSIGHT: Tax Exempt Organizations & Filing Requirements
Many organization find that achieving tax exempt status is the most significant obstacle to overcome in getting established. Beyond the effect on tax filing requirements, the classification makes orga ...
INSIGHT: Promotional “sales” – online and off
An online presence allows retailers to effectively market products and services nationally and globally. Your website marketing effort is available to consumers down the street as easily as those thou ...
INSIGHT: Originality in intellectual property
Originality plays an important role in both intellectual property and business success. Some degree of originality is required to secure the protection of patent, copyright or trademark law. "Novelty" ...
Design Patents – rapid turnaround
A recent study by Dennis Crouch over at the Patently-O blog finds that over the last three years, the majority of design patents were examined and issued within about 12 months of application. This is ...
INSIGHT : VHS-to-DVD: useless but not obsolete
I was asked if a private school in NYC could digitize its large collection of VHS content onto DVD. Like much of the world, the school had long stopped investing in VHS in favor of more contemporary D ...
“Occupy” Technology as Protest
Hacktivist group Anonymous has become well known in recent years for protesting internet censorship as well as for paralyzing secure corporate computer systems using distributed denial of service (DDo ...
INSIGHT : Non-Profits – expedited 501c3 filings
A client recently asked whether their 501(c)(3) application qualified for expedited review by the IRS. The IRS will only accelerate the review process in very limited circumstances. For example : ...