For Immediate Release

December 7, 2006

Kane & Company, a law firm in Grand Rapids, has opened shop in the Mall of Michigan, an Internet retailing service operated by the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA).

Kane & Company's website can be accessed online through the Mall of Michigan at www.mallofmichigan.com. The site is listed in the Services section.

Kane & Company specializes in intellectual property law and provides legal services to businesses and individuals interested in obtaining patents, trademarks or copyright protection for their ideas and innovations. The firm offers a “Smart Start” assessment program to help clients create and implement strategies to keep their businesses strong and competitive.

Kane & Company's website offers detailed information about services provided and attorneys on staff. It also provides a glossary of terms related to intellectual property rights, as well as brief, consumer-oriented articles written by the firm's attorneys regarding specific areas of intellectual property law.

The Mall of Michigan is a collection of unique specialty shops-all of them MRA members-offering distinctive products online. More than 150 Michigan businesses now participate in e-commerce through this website.

The Michigan Retailers Association is the unified voice of retailing in Michigan and the nation's largest state trade association of general merchandise retailers. MRA's nearly 5,500 retail business members operate more than 12,000 stores across the state.