Legal Questions

Two friends and I have run a website for a year or so and now we are about to add in our premium model so we can start bringing in some money. I have been advised that we should register an LLC...

Getting Started LLC Legal

asked Apr 18 '12 at 01:58

Mike
19 points

If the non-liability works – it works. If not – why would the second part work?

Legal Terms And Conditions Liability

asked Apr 18 '12 at 22:37

Startup1
90 points

i have one open source project, i want to sell this to my client by making some modification in the existing project. Is it good to sell or is it permissible to sell the open source project to...

Sales Software Products Legal Website

asked Apr 19 '12 at 14:33

Sam
16 points

As some kind of a follow-up of my previous question about trademark, I am curious to know about legal risks and protection options, particularly in Europe. As far as I can see, one of the greatest...

Insurance Startup Costs Legal Statistics

asked Apr 23 '12 at 17:18

Yoav Aner
318 points

I'm declaring one of my startups kaput and moving on to another. The first venture, Stronico Contact Management, was an llc and had a ten percent partner. We declared it closed by mutual agreement...

LLC Legal Partnerships

asked Apr 25 '12 at 04:32

Steve French
621 points

What are the legal differences between using the two characters ™ and ®? Does using ™ imply the trademark isn't registered and therefore can be used by one?

Legal Trademark

asked Apr 6 '12 at 15:09

Ayub
133 points

We have an startup that was recently incorporated in Delaware but is based in California. We tried to open a business bank account at two different banks in California, and both said they require a...

Legal Bank Account

asked Apr 6 '12 at 15:18

Caligirl
204 points

This seems like a silly question, but I want to make sure that my interests are protected. I own a software development company, LLC in Virginia, and I have a product that I developed and have...

Software Legal Legal Documents Legal Entity

asked Apr 7 '12 at 00:47

Tim
670 points

I am the technical founder of the startup that I work for. My software, that I architected, runs on a device that has won a Gold award even before the trade association's show. The startup is...

Equity Legal

asked Apr 7 '12 at 02:30

Someone Somewhere
116 points

Okay, I hope someone can answer my question. My husband has a company incorporated in state A, where we used to reside. He is the only officer and only employee. We moved to state B but kept the...

Legal Business

asked Apr 9 '12 at 22:34

Dcg
11 points

I recently registered a co.uk domain name which I was hoping to use as the site for an e-commerce business. After registering I checked companies house and found there is already a registered Ltd....

Ecommerce Legal Company Domain

asked Apr 12 '12 at 00:00

User20236
133 points

For the past 6 months or so I have been working on a project with 2 partners. Here's the breakdown: Partner 1: Finance, marketing, sales, legal Partner 2: Product dev, design, branding Me: Tech,...

Legal Website Partnership Intellectual Property

asked Apr 13 '12 at 13:27

Miles
130 points

Is it possible to have a Section 83(b) Election when the only risk of forfeiture of the restricted stock is for unvested shares and there are no repurchase rights for vested shares (ie all vested...

Legal Tax Shares Vesting

asked Apr 13 '12 at 13:54

Jj.
29 points

The Senate passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) by a vote of 73-26. The Senate added new crowdfunding protections, the House will likely accept them as-is, and the President is...

Funding Legal Jobs

asked Mar 25 '12 at 07:24

Zapoo
303 points

Since I'm not a legal adult, is there anything special I need to watch out for in terms of startup culture? Technically, I can get out of any legal agreement (since they can't be binding until I'm...

Legal Independent Contractor Agreements

asked Mar 25 '12 at 10:48

Jrg
247 points

Suppose a company (C-Corp, Delaware) with 5 co-founders, each having 20% of the shares. Then an investor wants 30% of the company, which will leave each co-founder diluted to 14%. Besides...

Equity Legal Delaware

asked Mar 27 '12 at 00:37

Anon User
62 points

I'm in the process of closing a somewhat sizable deal with a new client, and the only sticking point with the contract is the choice of jurisdiction. I am located in state A, the client in state...

Contract Legal USA

asked Mar 27 '12 at 04:38

Josh3736
116 points

I've seen a number of questions related to finding a startup lawyer, while I've personally met a number of "startup lawyers", each where more just lawyers with domain experience, and don't believe...

Legal

asked Mar 28 '12 at 01:18

Blunders .
899 points

I have code of mine, developed before joining the company as a co-founder, that I used for the company product (website) but want to retain the copyright and all IP rights to it and to be able to...

Co-Founder Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Apr 1 '12 at 12:32

Jj.
29 points

There is already an awesome question and answers on IP and spare time related to employees: If I'm working at a company, do they have intellectual property rights to the stuff I do in my spare...

Co-Founder Legal Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Apr 1 '12 at 14:40

Jj.
29 points