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  • LLC with pre-existing joint venture
    Business formation I have been participating in a small joint venture for about two years now. About a year ago I formed my own LLC. I figured the remaining JV would ...
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  • Provisional Patents Posting for sale or partnership
    Patents Can provisional patents be listed on the site
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  • How to legally bind users to T&C without registration?
    Contracts I'm running a flash based gaming website. There are some services on the website accessible to users without a registration. How can I legally bind...
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  • How do we know about the protectability of an "idea"?
    Business strategy "Mark [Cuban] is looking for four things: The company’s core competency, why you’re great, how the idea is protectable and how it can scale." Wh...
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  • Reliance on Provisional Patent Disclosure
    Patents Provisional patents are not "examined"; however, are there cases where the disclosure of a provisional patent is relied upon to assess the validity...
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  • Should I get paperwork regarding my equity package?
    Employment About two years ago I joined a startup, in the offer letter they promised me a small percentage of equity vesting with a 12 months cliff and monthl...
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  • Can we get a trademark without a legal entity?
    Trademark We are in an early development stage but would like to secure trademark rights for our product. Is this possible before we have even incorporated? ...
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  • Making sure we won't infringe
    Patents We are a CA startup with a solid base of customers for our SAAS service. We want to create an online advertising service that helps match our users...
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  • How do divide leaving partner's shares?
    Business operation We are an LLC with three partners. One of the partners is leaving, we have reached a buy out agreement. The question is how do we divide his shares...
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  • Investor for IP - what should be our strategy?
    Fundraising Our startup needs to file 2-3 patent applications for which we need funding. However, it seems like investors want to invest only in startup which ...
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