For Women SANE Enough to Start Their Business
I’m sure that many of you who have read the previous four legal mistakes in this series are confidently (maybe even smugly?) sitting back saying to yourselves that you’ve never made the mistakes dealing with written agreements because you always use contracts…for vendors, clients, partners. You name it. You’ve got a contract. But, I’m still [...]
Speaking of partnerships, why do entrepreneurs insist on taking on partners without a written agreement? For the life of me, I can’t figure that one out. While there are many important provisions in a partnership (or operating or shareholder) agreement, one of the key provisions is what to do when one party wants out. More [...]
In the last post, we talked mistakes entrepreneurs make in selecting entities. Now what? You know the old saying: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. But, when it comes to legal matters, a lot of entrepreneurs seem to think no prevention or cure is necessary, attorneys are definitely unnecessary and that [...]
Not you. Other entrepreneurs/freelancers/contractors. Of course, you don’t hesitate to consult with an attorney about launching, running or growing your business. That’s just how you roll. But those other folks just don’t see the value in paying an attorney to talk about this stuff. To them, everybody knows how to decide what’s right from a [...]
Ideas are a dime a dozen. New ones are generated every day, all day long. But, the person who takes the first step to protect that idea by filing a patent application is usually the one who gets to lay claim to the idea. Unlike a trademark or copyright, in patent law, the first to [...]
Protecting your company’s intellectual property is critical for small business owners. Now that we’ve talked about trademark and copyright protection, let’s discuss trade secrets. Trade secrets are often overlooked by small business owners when considering intellectual property assets. Trade secrets consist of information that your company does not want divulged because of the competitive advantage [...]
Last time we talked about trademarks. Now, let’s focus on copyrights. Copyright literally means the “right to copy”. Books, reports, songs, websites, lyrics, melodies, pictures, software, poetry and other original, creative expressions can all be copyrighted (protected) by filing an application for registration with the U.S. Copyright Office. However, these original works are protected whether [...]
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