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		<title>Can 2 of The Same Franchise Concepts Exist?</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[And James is a lawyer! :-) I`m n]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[And James is a lawyer! :-) I`m not!
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				<title><![CDATA[i agree with craigl
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				<description><![CDATA[i agree with craigl
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				<title><![CDATA[Joe,Based on your posts, it soun]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Joe,Based on your posts, it sounds as though you would do well to invest a bit of money in talking with an attorney specializing in copyrights and so forth. It`s a fine line, hard to make "black and white," and you would get personally specific advice.]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks Craig.
&nbsp;Let me try ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks Craig.
&nbsp;Let me try to explain what i`m doing without spilling the beans so to speak. I want to open a business in the personal care industry]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[It sounds to me as if you`re ask]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[It sounds to me as if you`re asking for the basic legal definitions of such things as copyrights, patents, and trademarks. What constitutes an infringement on any or all of those.There`s a critical component involved, one that`s getting harder to d]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for your input Chris.
&n]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your input Chris.
&nbsp;I will check out the link you sent. After checking out my "competition`s" website I see that]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
  They no doubt own their name]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
  They no doubt own their name and various other things (you don`t get 350 franchises without having a lot of nuts in your basket of goodies; get to know this site: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/franc]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for your input&nbsp; Elem]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your input&nbsp; Elements. I guess what i`m asking is- Can I use the same concept. For example,If I started a car wash where the employees were hot girls in bikinis and I found out someone ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I think there is lots of room fo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I think there is lots of room for many franchises.&#160; Like your example, you forgot about Wendy`s and all the others.&#160; And your niche, the personal care industry... well that is a huge HUGE market]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[&nbsp;I have a business&nbsp; co]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I have a business&nbsp; concept that&nbsp; I thought of several years ago.&nbsp; It is in the personal care service industry. I think the idea is great and would like to&nbsp; open one and then ]]></description>
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