Higgins Benjamin
  • Home
  • Attorneys
    • Gilbert J. Andia, Jr. (Bert)
    • William P. Benjamin
    • Fred Berry
    • John F. Bloss
    • Margaret M. Chase
    • Kenneth J. Gumbiner
    • Steven D. Hedges
    • John T. Higgins, Jr.
    • Robert N. (Bob) Hunter, Jr.
    • Robert G. McIver
    • Peter J. Miller
    • Jonathan Wall
    • Gary R. Wolf
  • Practice Areas
    • Appeals
    • Commercial Litigation
    • Construction Law
    • Corporate Law
    • Estate Planning
    • Homeowners’ Associations
    • Intellectual Property
    • Employment Law
    • Mediation and Arbitration
    • Personal Injury
    • Real Estate
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
Select Page

The First Step in Getting a Patent – Patentable Subject Matter

by Gilbert Andia, Jr. | Dec 9, 2013 | News

By Bert Andia, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC Every month, I receive a number of phone calls asking whether the caller can get a patent on a certain device or a certain idea.  While such advice cannot typically be provided over the telephone without more information,...

New Opinion Involving Landlord’s Acceptance of Rent From Holdover Tenant Muddies Water

by John F Bloss | Dec 9, 2013 | News

By:  John Bloss, Member, Higgins Benjamin, PLLC A landlord who takes rent from a “holdover tenant”—a lessee who stays on the premises after the term of the lease—can run the risk of unwittingly creating a new lease term, generally presumed in North Carolina to be one...

Categories

  • Blog (19)
  • Collaborative Family Law (1)
  • Collaborative Law (1)
  • Commercial Contracts (3)
  • Construction Law (2)
  • Design Patents (2)
  • Employment Agreements (2)
  • Furniture (2)
  • Intellectual Property (8)
  • Landlord Tenant Law (2)
  • News (43)
  • Noncompete (1)
  • Noncompetition (2)
  • North Carolina Employment Law (3)
  • North Carolina Family Law (2)
  • North Carolina Litigation News (4)
  • Trademark (6)

Archives

  • February 2022
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • January 2020
  • April 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2018
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • February 2017
  • October 2016
  • March 2016
  • February 2016
  • April 2015
  • February 2015
  • January 2015
  • November 2014
  • August 2014
  • July 2014
  • May 2014
  • March 2014
  • February 2014
  • December 2013
  • November 2013
  • October 2013
  • August 2013
Copyright 2020 Higgins Benjamin