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A brilliantly clear and up-to-date patent guide This bestselling primer is packed with everything inventors need to know about patent law basics, including current patent regulations, filing rules, and caselaw. Nolo’s Patents for Beginners helps inventors: document an invention read and write patents make a patent search file for a patent determine patent ownership understand the basics of patent infringement get international patent protection, and decide whether to file a provisional patent. You’ll also find patent and invention resources and a glossary of patent terms. This new edition is completely updated to cover all the latest changes in patent law and regulations.
Millions of parents separate or divorce each year—and their single biggest concern is their children. Nolo’s Essential Guide to Child Custody & Support is thorough and compassionate, taking readers step-by-step through the unfamiliar landscape of child custody and support laws. It provides essential state-specific information and answers common questions about child support guidelines, enforcing custody and support orders, and working with a mediator and/or lawyer.
"This book provides everything a first-time home buyer needs to research the local market and listings; choose a house, condo, co-op, or townhouse; create a realistic budget; qualify for an affordable loan; borrow a down payment from friends or family; get protection with inspections and insurance; and negotiate and close the deal successfully. This book includes insights from 15 real estate professionals--brokers, attorneys, mortgage specialists, a home inspector, and more. Also included are the real-life stories of over 20 first-time homebuyers"--
Considers S. 2512, to amend the Clayton Act to permit private antitrust litigants the same benefits from a nolo contendere plea as they now receive from a guilty plea in government antitrust actions.
Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability covers the criteria for getting disability benefits for back problems, heart and cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, mental issues like depression and anxiety, and 200 other medical conditions. Learn how to match the medical details of your disability to Social Security regulations to make sure you have the right evidence to qualify for the benefits you're due when you apply. This guide is written by a former Chief Medical Consultant for the Social Security Administration whose expert deciphering of the medical portions of SSA regulations will help you understand how you can get benefits. If you’ve been denied benefits already, this book will tell you how to find out why and what steps to take to prove that you should get benefits on appeal. This edition is completely updated with the latest rules and information (including changes to the musculoskeletal listings) plus updated figures for 2022.
Many sole proprietors are now looking to “legitimize” their businesses by forming a single-member LLC, which is the popular choice of entity because it is easy to form, simple to manage, and provides personal liability protection. This book provides the information business owners need to decide if an SMLLC is the right choice for them, and it walks them through the process for forming, funding, and maintaining the business. The focus is on single-member LLCs, as opposed to LLCs with more than one owner, and all of the tips, forms, and issues it discusses relate only to single-member LLCs.
Whether you’re starting a multi-member LLC or you’re already operating one, Nolo’s LLC Handbook is your complete legal guide to forming and maintaining your LLC. The book consists of legal forms and agreements with expert commentary, all designed to allow you to handle your LLC’s basic legal documents on your own. With the templates and explanations in this book, you can confidently make state filings and create ownership agreements for your LLC. The contents include: Articles of organization Operating agreements (basic and complex) Buyout agreements Annual filings IRS filings Internal documentation Dissolution filings and agreements Nolo’s LLC Handbook is your legal companion for the life of your LLC.
"This book explains, to a national audience, how to provide for the distribution of one's assets upon death, by using designated beneficiaries, wills, and trusts"--