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Thanks for checking out this episode of BanktasticTV’s “The Burst.” Here are some important notes about this episode:

Brad at Texas Bankers Association
Brad’s back this week from spending some time with members of the Texas Bankers Association at their recent HR & Training Conference. We may not have any videos to show you from Brad’s trip, but we embedded some pics in the video. If you want to check out more, go here.

News: Ohio bank learns hard lesson about trademark law
I shared an article that I found on The Financial Brand Blog regarding a big lesson learned by a very old bank. Ohio Valley National Bank has been in business for 120 years, but another area bank changed its name to Ohio Valley Bank, which it immediately trademarked. After the 5-year contest period passed and the original Ohio Valley National Bank failed to make a move, they lost the right to use their name and have been forced to change it. This was a tough lesson learned by the original bank about trademark law. Don’t let this happen to you!

We Need Guest Bloggers for Finovate 2008
Mark and I are headed to NYC to cover Finovate 2008 on October 14, 2008. We’re looking to cover this event like we covered FinovateStartup 2008, which means we’ll need a couple of good guest bloggers! I’ll be in charge of making sure that the content is posted to the Banktastic Blog as soon as possible during the event, so we’ll need some people willing to share their honest opinions on the presenters while I’m doing the dirty work. If you’re going to attend Finovate 2008 and are interested in guest blogging for us, just shoot an email over to lisa@banktastic.com.

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See you next week!

-The Banktastics