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How intellectual property law shows up in Alcoa
The city describes Pellissippi Place as a technology research and development park in Alcoa, approved in a joint effort by Alcoa, Blount County, Maryville and Knox County. The city’s Pellissippi Place page lists the City of Alcoa Economic Development office at the Municipal Building, 223 Associates Boulevard, as its contact. The page lists no separate address for the park itself.
A State of Tennessee economic development page dated 13 August 2021 says Arconic is expanding its operations in Blount County to add capacity for industrial and can sheet, and that the project brings 200 new jobs to its Alcoa facility. This is an announcement from 2021, so read it as background on local industry and not as a report of what the plant makes today.
Which federal court lists Blount County
The court’s pages list Blount County under the Northern (Knoxville) division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and they give 800 Market Street, Suite 130, Knoxville, TN 37902 for it.
Help for inventors and business owners in Blount County
Anyone opening a business inside Alcoa city limits with gross income above $3,000 needs a city business license, and applications can be picked up at the front counter of the Municipal Building at 223 Associates Boulevard, according to the city’s business license page. Confirm the figure and the address before you go. Protecting a name, a design or an invention is a separate matter from a city license, and the state rules below show where the state handles some of it.
Tennessee rules that sit beside federal law
The Tennessee Secretary of State, Division of Business Services, accepts a trademark or service mark application signed and sent with the filing fee to 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, Nashville, TN 37243. The office says a state registration lasts five years from the filing date and can be renewed for further five year periods, with renewal opening six months before expiration.
Tennessee has its own Uniform Trade Secrets Act covering misappropriation of trade secrets under state law. A separate Tennessee statute covers noncompetes of health care providers. An attorney should confirm the current rule for the kind of work involved.
Tennessee businesses file new business and annual report paperwork through the online TNCaB account system of the Secretary of State. In 2015 the Secretary of State’s Division of Business Services announced online filing of assumed names, meaning a name other than the legal name under which a business transacts business.
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Keep everything about your work in one folder, on paper or on a computer. Include drafts, messages with collaborators and anything you signed. When an attorney asks for background, you can hand it over quickly.
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Write down when you created, shared, sold or published the work, and gather any agreement that touches it, before a first conversation. For a statewide view, see Tennessee intellectual property attorneys. Pages for nearby Maryville and Knoxville are written for those cities, and intellectual property attorneys across the country covers other states. When you are ready, get matched with an intellectual property attorney.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is listed as the contact for Pellissippi Place?
The City of Alcoa describes Pellissippi Place as a technology research and development park in Alcoa, approved in a joint effort by Alcoa, Blount County, Maryville and Knox County. Its page lists the City of Alcoa Economic Development office at the Municipal Building as the contact. The page lists no separate address for the park itself.
Does a new business in Alcoa need a city license?
The City of Alcoa requires a city business license for anyone opening a business inside city limits with gross income above $3,000. The city’s page says applications can be picked up at the front counter of the Municipal Building at 223 Associates Boulevard, Alcoa. Confirm the details with the city.
What did the state announce about Arconic in Alcoa?
A State of Tennessee economic development page dated 13 August 2021 says Arconic is expanding its operations in Blount County to add capacity for industrial and can sheet, and that the project brings 200 new jobs to its Alcoa facility. This is an announcement from 2021, and it does not describe current operations.
Which federal court location does the court list for Blount County?
The court’s pages list Blount County under the Northern (Knoxville) division of the Eastern District of Tennessee, and they give 800 Market Street, Suite 130, Knoxville, TN 37902 for it.
How long does a Tennessee trademark registration last?
The Tennessee Secretary of State says a state registration lasts five years from the date of filing and can be renewed for further five year periods, with renewal opening six months before the registration expires.
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