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Start-up Tips: Identifying Intellectual Property, Simplified

YoungUpstarts

I’ve attended many IP seminars and conferences conducted specifically for businesses and they are generally always about Patents. read the title of an article in a prominent newspaper when they were talking of how the trademark SRK was advertised in the Trademarks Journal! by Navarre Roy , Senior Associate with Selvam and Selvam.

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Series Seed Financing Documents

www.seriesseed.com

These documents have been prepared for informational purposes and is not intended to (a) constitute legal advice (b) create an attorney-client relationship (c) be advertising or a solicitation of any type.  There are some Vesting terms for founders in the term sheet but I can't find them in the others documents too.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

Gust

Determine the allocation of equity among co-founders, early employees or other service providers, and future contributors as applicable, as well as the vesting schedule , if any, that will apply. founders’ shares subject to vesting) and IRS filings for most favorable tax treatment of those shares. Newco, Inc.”)

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How To Launch a Startup and Avoid Ending-up in Jail

Scott Edward Walker

Not only are there key contractual issues that must be buttoned-down (like vesting and IP assignment ), but also there is a minefield of laws and regulations that must be complied with. Introduction I love working with startups – and trying to protect founders and watch their backs.

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

Mistake #2 : not buttoning-down IP ownership issues (at 10:20). Mistake #3 : not setting-up vesting schedules (at 17:19). Mistake #2: Not Buttoning-Down IP Ownership Issues. Zuckerberg” problem – IP is not assigned to the company by the founders and/or third-party developers (including in foreign countries).

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The 5 Biggest Legal Mistakes That Startups Make

Scott Edward Walker

i) Rule 506 preempts State law, which means all you have to do is file a Form D and pay a filing fee; and (ii) no disclosure requirement/PPM Possible to sell to “friends and family” (e.g., issues to address include: How have they treated their other portfolio companies?

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Create a strong brand, solid social community, sell advertising. I think advertising and intent have to be aligned. I can’t offer any amazing technology or IP, but I can solve a few problems by just doing it “right”, and not the way it’s being forced on people right now. What are the other essentials?