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April 25, 2013
How to Safeguard Your Business Name

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A few techniques for protecting the name of your business or service

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Microsoft. Starbucks. Walmart. They’re all memorable names. You can bet that those companies carefully made sure they had exclusive rights to them.

Your business name may not be as distinctive or well known. Still, you’d hate to have a judge tell you that you can’t use it anymore. And if another business copied your name, you’d like to be able to go into court and put a stop to it.

So how do you protect the name of your business or service? We’ll look at a few techniques. But, ultimately, only you and your lawyer can decide how much effort and expense to invest in name protection.

Your decision will depend on many factors, including:

July 7, 2010
Making The Case for Reusable Bags

At the opening-night party of the recent Southwestern Drycleaners Association (SDA) Cleaners Showcase (I go to the swankiest soirées), an official said he was going to give me one opportunity — and only one — to explain why he should use a reusable garment bag.

January 18, 2010
Green Garmento Stars in Reusable-Bag Pilot Program

ENCINITAS, Calif. — The City of Encinitas, Calif., has introduced the first reusable drycleaning/laundry bag pilot program in the United States, using the Green Garmento bag to help eliminate the use of single-use plastic drycleaning bags.

As a part of the city’s second annual “Day Without A Bag,” more than 40 people took part in the pilot program, including city council members, commission members and city staff, each of whom received two Green Garmento reusable garment bags.

May 11, 2009
House Bill Seeks Bag Tax to Combat Pollution

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) introduced a bill last month that seeks to cut pollution by placing a 5-cent tax on single-use plastic bags from drycleaners, grocery stores and other retailers.

“Our environment is literally choking on plastic bags,” Moran said in a statement, noting that oceans and rivers are clogged with plastic wastes. “Equally disturbing, as these plastics break down, toxic chemicals are being released into the environment.”