Intellectual property rights in the United States – in the form of patents, copyrights, and trademarks - provide protection to a company when its technology is used by others without permission. The most common way to enforce these rights is through a court action for infringement. However, intellectual property owners should also be aware of an additional avenue in the United States that provides a powerful mechanism for enforcing their rights – the United States International Trade Commission.
Top Five Investment Management Tips for Canadians Living in the U.S.
A move across the Canada/US border can have significant financial implications. Many executives and professionals who make this move receive tax and legal guidance but are often left to navigate investment and financial matters for themselves. Below are some helpful tips and advice to make sure you are aware of some very important factors.
Borders in Flux: How the NAFTA Debate Could Reshape US-Canada Immigration
The ongoing talks over NAFTA continue to be a fixture of political news. With the Trump administration determined to overhaul decades of US trade policy, political leaders and diplomats remain at odds over what a reformed NAFTA deal should look like – or whether the agreement will even persist at all. With the trade pact potentially under threat, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has even embarked on a US speaking tour aimed at making the case for why NAFTA can benefit both Canada and the US.
What is Your Cybersecurity Resolution?
Executives of organizations at all levels should be focusing on and implementing effective CYBERSECURITY changes. One key concept executives could focus on related to their cybersecurity resolution should be related to Business Email Compromise (BEC). BEC is a form of phishing attack where a cyber-criminal impersonates an executive, and attempts to get an employee, customer, or vendor to transfer funds or sensitive information to the phisher (Wennington, 2016). With global losses from BEC scams set to exceed US $9 BILLION in 2018, it is time to take action and make these changes. (Micro, Trend, 2017).
Warming to More than Just the Sunshine and Beaches
It’s the middle of winter—a time when temperatures drop and many Canadians look toward Los Angeles, planning winter getaways that break up the long cold winter. But while Canadian vacationers come to L.A. seeking sunshine, beaches, and attractions like Disneyland and Universal Studios, a growing number of Canadian businesses head to the Southland because they see the wealth of investment, talent, and market opportunities available in the region.
Business Resilience
Business resilience (sometimes also referred to as corporate resilience) is the ability of a business organization to quickly adapt to significant disruptions or other material adverse events while maintaining continuous business operations and safeguarding people, assets and overall brand value. Resilient organizations do more than just survive disruptive events; they thrive in them, leveraging the challenges that arise in such events to demonstrate responsiveness, flexibility, and adaptability and to come out as stronger, more competitive performers.
Workforce Strategy: Part of the New Brunswick Advantage
Many of the world's most successful companies are taking advantage of the Canadian province of New Brunswick's nearshore value proposition. The provincial government has placed a strong focus on further developing its strengths in sectors like information technology, finance, cannabis, advanced manufacturing, contact centers, and shared services. New Brunswick’s location is naturally strategic, enabling companies to work with all of North America and Europe in the same business day. Combine that advantage with its low cost of doing business and everything is in place to make an expansion both easy and profitable.
Why NAFTA Matters
After four rounds of negotiations, important progress has been made in some areas, but there is now a lot of speculation about what might happen next. As we head into the fifth round of negotiations this week, here’s what you need to know: NAFTA is a success story. For starters, let’s understand that NAFTA has been an engine of middle class job creation. Close to 14 million jobs in the U.S. alone depend on NAFTA – 9 million are supported by trade and investment with Canada and another 5 million by trade and investment with Mexico.
Clearing the Northern Lights Haze - The Canadian Medical and Adults Use Cannabis Markets
As of June 30, 2017, there were 201,398 Canadians registered to purchase cannabis from licensed producers and 6,880 registered to grow for personal use in the federal regulations that support the Canadian medical cannabis market.1 Canadian licensed producers are large-scale indoor or greenhouse grows, some with hundreds of thousands of square feet of canopy. At market close on November 14, 2017, two publicly-traded companies that own licensed producers as primary assets had market capitalization values exceeding two billion dollars (CAD), and another two are between one and two billion. Each was listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada’s senior stock exchange, each also holds international cannabis assets – chiefly in Germany and Australia. Cannabis is a big business in Canada and Canadian expertise is gaining global traction.
Welcome to the World Trade Center Los Angeles
The World Trade Center Los Angeles is dedicated to attracting foreign direct investment to the Los Angeles region and facilitating opportunities between Los Angeles and international companies. The WTCLA provides two major types of business assistance services:
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Attraction Services - Assist international companies seeking to locate or expand their business operations in the Los Angeles region.
Export Facilitation Services - Assist local companies seeking to export products or services to international markets.
Westmark Tax
Westmark Tax is a tax firm focused on providing consulting and compliance services to individuals and companies that have cross-border tax needs. In the complex world of international tax, the team at Westmark tax is able to simplify concepts for clients to provide practical solutions and guidance.
The primary focus is to develop a tax strategy to optimize your global tax picture – ensuring that you are paying the least amount of tax globally and that all disclosure requirements are met. The professional team at Westmark Tax has a real passion for cross-border tax issues with over 75 years of combined experience with offices located in the US and in Canada.
Teknion - Building Our Business One Relationship at a Time
Ultimately, business is about people - how we interact, create and innovate - and our products are designed to inspire and to facilitate this interaction. We view an investment in space planning as an investment in both your people and your future, and we take this responsibility seriously, whether it's through the design of forward-thinking products that address workplace trends, or through the establishment of support and service programs backed by a team that we're proud to say is the best in the business. We take tremendous pride in being a family-owned company that has helped organizations around the world work smarter by working better.
Sooner Rather Than Later - Timing for For Taking Your R&D Tax Credits
Recent legal advice issued by the IRS Associate Chief Counsel helps clarify some of the confusion around the new payroll tax credit for research and development (R&D) for qualified small businesses (QSBs).
In the guidance, the IRS concluded that an employer takes into account the R&D payroll tax credit for a quarter against liability for employer Social Security tax starting with the first payroll payment of the quarter that includes payments of wages subject to Social Security tax to its employees. The credit may be taken to the degree of employer Social Security tax on wages associated with the first payroll payment, and then to the extent of employer Social Security tax associated with succeeding payroll payments in the quarter until the credit is used.
The Riverside County Office of Foreign Trade
Brookfield Renewable - One of the Largest Renewable Platforms in the World
Get to Know Purolator
Each day almost $1.5 billion worth of goods cross the U.S./Canadian border, with roughly six percent of those shipments coming directly from California businesses. As a leading provider of cross border logistics services, Purolator International is proud of our role in helping California businesses expand their reach to the Canadian market by offering fast, innovative, and guaranteed service.
Opportunities NB - New Brunswick's Lead Business Development Corporation
Opportunities NB (ONB) is New Brunswick’s lead business development corporation working with companies inside and outside that Canadian province to drive economic growth and job creation. ONB believes strongly in the future of New Brunswick and since its inception has successfully been the catalyst for competitive and innovative economic growth and job creation.
Helping Early-Stage Canadian Technology Companies Reach the U.S. Market
In 2011, York Bridge Capital’s founders recognized the opportunity to assist early stage Canadian technology companies reach the US market. Since that beginning, York Bridge Capital has expanded: geographically (to Korea); to different industry sectors (including a real estate affiliate, Elevation Bridge Realty, focused on cross-border commercial real estate investment); and to working directly with governments in facilitating foreign direct investment.
Good News from Air Canada
We have a lot of good news to share of benefit to both frequent flyers and the occasional traveler. Effective May 17, 2017, Air Canada moved to Terminal 6 (T6) from Terminal 2 at Los Angeles International Airport. T6 will allow Air Canada customers the benefit of walking between terminals airside allowing for smoother connections. Customers will also benefit from an expanded security processing area, including TSA Pre-Check and Priority Security, as well as a new state of the art Air Canada Maple Leaf™ Lounge.
Welcome to Edwards Global Services
Edwards Global Services, Inc. (EGS) was founded in 2001 to help U.S. franchise companies take their business into other countries profitably through licensing. EGS is known worldwide for focusing U.S. Clients on entering the countries that have the highest potential ROI for their specific brand. EGS uses a proven, trademarked, stepped process that assesses the global potential for each franchise, develops a business plan to go global, and then implements the plan using their experienced U.S.-based executive team and in-country associate network in 32 countries. Edwards Global Services (EGS) offers a unique combination of experience, processes, network, tools and brand representation that makes taking a U.S. franchise global easier and more successful, start to finish.