Legal Questions
I was looking for some important startup advice for something I am trying to start. I am creating a financial planning/informational website with a buddy. The only way we are going to make any...
I am in the process to send a service agreement to my clients. I am stating that Intellectual Property related to all promotional material created while in the service agreement by my company will...
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I'd like to run a prize based promotion in the USA -- and looking for suggestions on legal constraints, responsibilities, and documentation required to execute one. Yes, I know there are lots of...
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When we hired a new employee we forgot to make him sign an NDA. Now, a year into his employment, we want to make sure that he signs one. My question is, what language should I use in the contract...
I applied for a grant to create a website that will 'save the world'. The grant-giving organization gave me a choice: take the grant which would fund the first two months (hiring a web developer),...
My niche software developing startup needs specialist developers. I have located an individual in China with proven experience in my field. How can I best go about working with him? I can't employ...
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Greetings, I am planning on joining a start up with someone as a co-founder and right now we're in a hurry to get product off the ground. I've worked with this person in a trial period and I...
157 points
I have an LLC for my custom software development business. It is currently registered in Virginia where I have lived for years. Now I am moving to NC because of my wifes work. Everything I do is...
Background: I have been asked by a company to put together a proposal to build a highly specialised piece of software. The company is a new player in the financial sector who needs to have this...
Got a few questions about forming a single member LLC in Delaware or LTD in London. I’m looking into forming a company abroad for an easier way to do business and billing (+ its cheaper) and am...
Who is responsible for content posted by a user on the Web? The site owner or users themselves? For example, who is guilty if one person insults somebody else using his blog or talk-back? The...
I'm planning a new software company that will license software to businesses. A lot of R&D will be needed to create the software and indeed, our codebase will be our biggest asset....
394 points
I'm about to place a site I've built live and looking at registering a domain name. Is there anything I need to worry about in picking a name? If my domain name is a misspelling of another domain...
I run a software startup based out of India. To write a module of my application I am talking to a developer. To make things formal I wanted to sign an agreement. The agreement should talk about...
106 points
I would like them to rewrite and create my own through the samples that I will copy from my competitor's website.
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I consult to companies. I specialize in problem resolution, project management, research and occasionally, if there's a call for it, development. Recently, I was contacted by a development manager...
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I've been working as part of my service company for a client (ClientA) for a year now on building a plateform. A few weeks ago another client (clientB) asked me for a quote for building a similar...
106 points
Essentially, a site is just something independent that lives on the Web. How do I actually associate that site as being protected under legal liability of my LLC company? Does it just happen...
This might be a slightly long story, but I really would appreciate any help you can give me here. I am a young entrepreneur and currently run a struggling website development / software company....
I was just offered a position as cofounder of an already established startup. The revenue on it is minimal. This was the first I had met the founder. Are there any legal steps or other steps I...
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