Motor vehicle-related incidents are consistently the leading cause of work-related fatalities in the United States. Thirty-five percent of occupational fatalities reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are associated with motor vehicles. Between 2003-2009, on average:

• 1308 workers died each year from crashes on public highways
• 316 workers died each year in crashes that occurred 
  off the highway or on industrial premises.
• 347 pedestrian workers died each year as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle.

Read more: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/motorvehicle/default.html

Motor vehicle-related incidents are consistently the leading cause of work-related fatalities in the United States. Thirty-five percent of occupational fatalities reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are associated with motor vehicles. Between 2003-2009, on average:

• 1308 workers died each year from crashes on public highways
• 316 workers died each year in crashes that occurred 
  off the highway or on industrial premises.
• 347 pedestrian workers died each year as a result of being struck by a motor vehicle.

Read more: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/motorvehicle/default.html

Protect Your Asset
Your brand, reputation, and trade/service marks are some of the most valuable assets your business holds and protecting them is paramount to continued success and long-term stability.  Protecting these assets equates to preventing others from using and profiting from your good will across wide markets.  It is important to strategize, together with an attorney, how best to protect you intellectual property.  Some businesses may require trademarking its name, filing customs applications, and protecting its packaging, among other things.  Should you choose not to safegaurd your intelectual property in advance, you may suffer losses such as an entity who potentially infringes on you good and makes others think the product(s) are made by you or your manufacturer.  This may not only tarnish your business' reputaion, but may cause irreperable long term damage to you and your image.

Prevent Lost Revenue
It is somewhat common place for a successful business to find competitors, especially start-ups, with business names and/or logos and signage that can lead consumers to believe their business bears your credentials.  This type of deception is designed to steal orders from the original business in misguiding potential customers.  This is exactly the type of scenario that can be prevented by properly trademarking your business name with a Miami trademark lawyer.  

Registering Business or Domain Names Are Not The Same
A common misconception among many small business owners is that their business is protected as long as their business name and/or domain name are registered.  That is not necessarily the case.  A domain name is simply an Internet address and carries with it limited and sometimes  no defensible rights when it comes to infringement on a company's name or brands.  Similarly, registering your company name with the Department of State gives you no rights other than to prevent someone from registering the same name.  However, a similar name can be registered along with a domain name which may be like your own.  Without a proper trademark neither is safe from unscrupulous business people.  

Protect Future Expansion
As a small business owner you may feel it unnecessary to register your company's trademark due to past success and limited discrepancies within your market.  This may be true of your current situation but if you intend to expand into new geographical markets or different products/services your situation may quickly change.  By registering your trademark initially through a Miami trademark lawyer your future plans of growth will be protected along with your current business, both with limited expenditures and resources.  

Registering a trademark is quite simple and takes very little time.  It is an absolute necessity in protecting your business's long term viability as unscrupulous entrepreneurs can prey on unprotected businesses, damaging intangible assets and stealing orders while giving the non-trademarked business limited options for recouping losses.

Contact The Farber Law Firm today regarding your business trademarking needs at 888-774-0134 or visit our Trademark Application Wizard to expedite your trademark at

http://thefarberlawfirm.com/ipappw/application.