Many New Jersey businesses will experience conflicts with their competitors. Businesses are often fighting for a limited amount of customers while trying to make the most amount of money. In some situations, unfair competition can lead to commercial litigation between...
Business Law Professionals
Month: February 2013
New Jersey fights for permission to allow new businesses
When people are trying to start a new business in New Jersey there are many considerations that need to be made. In most cases, business formation issues are much more complex than just picking a location and hiring employees. Business start-ups need to consider their...
American Airlines announces merger with US Airways
Often a business restructure can help save a floundering New Jersey business. When a business agrees to a merger it can see an influx of capital, consumers and property. These can be just what a business needs to keep going in today's difficult economy. Several...
Developer in Morris Plains sues city
Sometimes business litigation arises when there is a dispute between two or more businesses, other times, it arises when a businesses is denied the right to do something by a governmental entity. In Morris Plains, a real estate developer has initiated commercial...
Princeton gives incentives to create new intellectual property
Like physical property, intellectual property must be protected. In order to protect intellectual property, laws have been enacted that give business owners the exclusive right to use the intellectual property they own. While these laws must be tough enough to protect...
“Cake Boss” opens new bakery locations in New Jersey
Owing a business in New Jersey can be a profitable and exciting venture. With the right product or service, businesses can expand and grow from New Jersey into the rest of the country. As the business grows, it can encounter business formation issues. With the right...
Court dismisses breach of contract case
A judge recently dismissed a case filed in a Pennsylvania court saying New Jersey was a better venue for the suit. In the breach of contract suit, one man claims that he is owed profits from a New Jersey business. In 2010, this man and another man signed an agreement...
Subway restaurants sued by New Jersey men over sandwich length
A business lawsuit can come from many different sources -- another business, a customer, an employee or even a governmental agency. No matter the source of commercial litigation, business disputes must be quickly and efficiently dealt with so that the business can...
Alcohol companies fight over trademark “green hat”
Two gin companies -- Greenhook Ginsmiths and New Columbia Distillers' Green Hat Gin -- have pursued litigation in New Jersey for trademark rights to the phrase "Green Hat." Both companies claim to have superior rights to the trademark. Greenhook claims that it has...