jueves, 5 de agosto de 2010

dominican republic lawyers

The most professional law firm in Latin America offers a divorce solution for mutual agreement separations that can grant you a legal divorce decree in just a couple of weeks.

Quick Divorce in the Dominican Republic is available to foreigners or Dominican citizens residing abroad, when both spouses agree to file this divorce before Dominican Courts. This legal procedure is very simple and only requires the attendance of one of the spouses during the hearing which takes usually less than half an hour and you can leave Dominican Republic the same day in the afternoon.lt takes ten to fifteen days to obtain your divorce decree, which is to be sent to your home or office by courier (DHL or FedEx).
WDALAW Principal Explains the Quick Divorce Process

- Is the Dominican Divorce Valid in the United States?

- Frequently Asked Questions About the Dominican Divorce

At WDA we are ATTORNEYS AT LAW WITH PRACTICE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. We are specialists in family law and DR divorces. All your documents are drafted by the same ATTORNEYS that will go with you to court. Your divorce case is handled BY ATTORNEYS, not paralegals or secretaries so that we make sure all documents submitted to court contain due process drafting and legal wording as needed both in the courts of Dominican Republic and your country of origin.



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- V. L., New York



My Divorce was fast, I received a great service and the lawyers at the firm handled my case very profesionally.

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Now I would like to say thank you again for a very professional job you and your office did. Every time I had a question you immediately answered. You gave me the correct forms which needed to be complete, you explained what I had to do and where to get the required approvals. You made the process very very easy and very fast, Also you told me to come to Santo Domingo and booked a good reasonable hotel. The next morning I had the divorce hearing in front of a judge. I would recommend your service to anybody, you are very professional, fast and make a painful process painless.

I am absolute sure that in 10 days I will have my legal documents in China. I am also experienced in this process, I have a legal degree from Germany in divorce. At the moment I teach business at a local college in China. You can use my name and Internet ID for anybody who wants/need a divorce. Also your cost was much lower than other attorney's in Santo Domingo.

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Quick Divorce Process

1. Order
2. Receive drafted papers, have them legalized and return to our office
3. Come to a hearing
4. Receive your divorce decree
WDA LAW has over 10 years of experience in family law, international adoptionas and trademark registration. Our knowledgeable lawyers are prepared to commit to your case and provide an enjoyable experience in your divorce process.



The spouse that is to attend hearing in Santo Domingo will only have to spend 1 night in Dominican Republic. Please be sure to bring with you to Dominican Republic passport and other piece of identification (social security card, identification id, driver s license) to complete the divorce. dominican republic lawyers

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Please contact your travel agent in order to determine documents needed to enter Dominican Republic. Citizens of U.S., Canada and major European countries do not require of a visa but a valid passport and a tourist card which can be provided either by your travel agent or obtain upon arrival at the Dominican Airport. Our staff could take care of hotel reservations upon request. The day of hearing, formal attire is required (office kind attire).

martes, 10 de junio de 2008

law lawyers and trademarks


. trademark law

The trademark existence on products and services is very important. A trademark is destined to give a distinctiveness and characteristic on the products and services. As a choice of a trademark the businessmen indeed desire to have a good name, easy to be remembered, easy to be pronounced and nice to be heard. The ease and uniqueness of a trademark is intended to attract the consumers on the products or services offered. Trademarks such as "Gucci", "Louis Vuitton", "Cartier" and "Salvatore Ferragamo" are the popular trademarks among the youngster and wealthy ladies. Carrying a "Louis Vuitton", "Cartier" or "Gucci" handbag while shopping on the mall certainly is a prestige for certain society and the predicate as the wealthy people could be gained by them.

So for businessmen a trademark is an important thing. A trademark can be interpreted in many aspects and it depends on which side it is being viewed. Therefore it is common if a trademark is potentially could create the conflict of law. A trademark can make a person becomes rich and wealthy person but on the opposite it could also downgrade and make a person becomes very poor.

trademark law The conflict brought to the Commercial Court is one of the examples where a person files a lawsuit to the other because the person in the opinion that his/her trademark is being infringed by the other party and consequently it damages the products or services offered by the said person. In many cases the reason for the lawsuits are based on the "existence of basic or whole similarity "between one party's products to others. However in fact it is also difficult for us to determine whether a specific trademark is similar with the other or not.

What is the basic element of a "similarity"? Is it similar between the trademarks "Burger King", "Burger Kids" or "Burger Queen"? The Explanation of Article 6 Law No. 15 Year 2001 on Mark states that "similarity" is in case of there is a strong element between a mark to another which creates an impression of the similarity in shape/form, placing or sound.

Then the question is whether "Burger King" similar to "Burger Kids" or "Burger Queen"? Let's simply compare it. If we look at the three trademark law trademarks then the strong elements of the trademarks are "King", "Kids" and "Queen". Are those trademarks having similarity in shape/sound or the placing or definition? In plain view, it is clearly not. Then is it permissible if there is a party wishes to use the trademarks of "Burger Queen" or "Burger Kids" if the same is not yet registered by the "Burger King" party? Legally the using of "Burger Queen" or "Burger Kids" by any party will not create any problem, will it? Since all the three are containing different definition and there is no similarity at all.

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However another argument can be arisen based on the argumentation of "non existence of good faith". The "Burger King" party with his 11.100 outlets in the United States of America and 66 other countries might oppose in case there is any other party use "Burger Queen" or "Burger Kids" which is correlated with "Burger King" party. Although we know that the word "Burger" is a common word that cannot be owned by any party. However "Burger King" might be in the opinion that the idea in using the name/the name's founder is in their side. Therefore any word followed "Burger" in any shape/form will not be permitted. We all might be confused with the elements of basic similarity.

All of its evaluation is based on the subjective evaluation. For a trademark being filed its application at the Trademark Directorate then the role of the Trademark Directorate is very eminent in the determining the basic similarity. A trademark consists of some words such as "Café Santai Malam Sepanjang Tahun" could be determined as the same with "Café Santai" since the word element of "Santai" would be regarded as the most eminent element and therefore as the effect the said application can be rejected by the Trademark Directorate.

It is not different with the Trademark Directorate, the Commercial Court and the Supreme Court are also has no uniformity in the judging of basic similarity. For example is the Supreme Court Decision No. 04/K/N/HAKI/2002 on "Berger Seidle" trademark that was decided has no similarity with "Berger" trademark and "Berger Master" logo. But in the case of Supreme Court No. 039/K/HAKI/2003 decided that trademark "Cannonmate" is similar with "Cannon" trademark. trademark law

The existence of multi interpretation in deciding basic similarity is not simplifying for the legal practitioners and it will not close the possibility for the trademark examiners or judges who handle the said application/case to take the personal interest. It is often that a trademark that is not similar is rejected with expectation to get the compensation. Such practice is easily happened since there is no law uniformity in deciding the similarity of a trademark.





Trademark Law Services

Services for the registration of trademarks and trade names

1 - Obtaining Registration Certificates for trademarks and trade names and patents.

2 - Search trademark background or feasibility study, prior to the application of trademarks and trade names.

3 – Formal registration of trademarks, trade names patents.

4 – Trademark renewals and patent annuity payments in general.

5 - Amendments and modifications to records.

6 – Oppositions to third party registration of trademarks, trade names and patents.

7 - Request of nullity, cancellations, Claims, litigation.

8 - Proceedings against industrial property law violations.

9 - Legal proceedings against counterfeiting of goods, Defense of copyright, trademark and patents rights.

Trademark Registrations In Antigua and Barbuda

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Trademark Registrations In Antigua and Barbuda