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New US Patent Fees

Posted by on 08 Sep 2008 at 10:08 am under Government, Patents, Fees

IPWatchdog.com:
Effective October 2, 2008, the United States Patent Office fees will once again be changed, which is a yearly or bi-yearly event.
The filing fee to the Patent Office for an individual inventor or a small company that qualifies for small entity status (i.e., companies with fewer than 500 employees) is now $165.00.
For those who are […]

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Entrepreneur Watches Web Address Value Skyrocket

Posted by on 22 Jul 2008 at 5:15 pm under Internet, Success, Fees

Real Business:
1E chief executive Sumir Karayi negotiated the sale of his company’s rare two-character website address from a bloke in Hong Kong for the bargain-basement price of $600. Only a couple of years later, the address was worth around $750,000.
Karayi says: “At the time we founded the business, there were some websites available and I […]

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eBay Australia Bans All Payment Methods Except PayPal

Posted by on 12 Apr 2008 at 3:21 pm under Ebay & Online Auctions, Australia, Fees

Auctionbytes:
eBay is requiring that users in Australia use its PayPal payment service on all transactions. Aside from transactions in which the buyer picks up items in person and cash-on-delivery, no other payment method will be permitted, and eBay is banning sellers from using their own merchant credit card accounts if they have them. eBay said […]

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