Legal Questions

Basically I want to start a company. I realize you cannot use this software for commercial purposes; hence the name. Basically I have lots of "Non-commercial" software installed on my main...

Software Legal Computers

asked Feb 1 '13 at 09:33

Annonomus Person
204 points

We want to launch a website where we put information about movies, music and more. Each item (movie, music etc.) will have it's own page. On this page there will be some information about the item,...

Legal Website Copyright

asked Feb 2 '13 at 04:17

Oskar Persson
109 points

If I find an advertisment on a site such as craiglist and use the ad on my site to connect one of my users with the original advertisment poster can that cause any legal problem? I am reposting...

Legal

asked Feb 3 '13 at 05:29

Desmond
9 points

I am a graphic design intern under my OPT and would like to open my own graphic design studio here in the US. So I was wondering whether I need money more than 100k or can I start with a lower...

Legal

asked Feb 5 '13 at 06:30

Della
1 point

My business partner and I are looking to start a gymnastics school. We have been told by the bank that we need 100% collateral. It is not uncommon for owners to seek parents of current gymnasts to...

Funding Legal

asked Feb 6 '13 at 01:46

Kendra
11 points

Our company ran low on funds about 4 months ago. We decided it would be best If I took on an advisory role and went to work elsewhere to cover my personal expenses. I have vested shares in a large...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Shares

asked Jan 17 '13 at 15:30

User23581
16 points

Two of us came together to work on an idea for a web startup. We end up killing the initial product and a third person joined. A new product is built and launched. It happens that I'm the...

Getting Started Equity Legal Website Partnerships

asked Jan 19 '13 at 12:53

Nyxynyx
193 points

My startup is currently looking for a law firm to represent us. We have several offers/engagement letters already and have noticed that some say the bill is due in 30 days and other letters say...

Legal Lawyer

asked Jan 19 '13 at 13:14

James
8 points

Possible Duplicate: Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly? I am one of three cofounders at an early stage startup. We have been working with an outsourced developer...

Co-Founder Equity Legal Salary Vesting

asked Jan 21 '13 at 09:55

B B
11 points

I'm planning on creating a mobile app based upon the idea of allowing users to take self-portraits and having it shared in a dynamic public gallery (for say, dating purposes, or whatnot). Let's...

Legal Intellectual Property Privacy

asked Jan 22 '13 at 02:35

Aldrich
8 points

I started a business with two other partners who did not invest. It was decided that we will be equal partners in profit sharing. Other two partners will not get any salary but only equal profit...

Legal

asked Jan 24 '13 at 16:37

Arif
6 points

I saw a similar question but it doesn't quite cover what I am asking: Signed an NDA but the company never returned their copy to me The NDA in my case was signed in the context of discussing a...

Legal NDA

asked Jan 24 '13 at 16:58

Martin's
121 points

I'm building a prototype for a web/mobile application. The goal is to collect user generated content, let user rate it while at the same time being entertained and do something interesting with it....

Software Legal Intellectual Property

asked Jan 26 '13 at 07:07

Pvoosten
106 points

I signed an NDA agreement with a company (an on campus entity in Canada) that is very vague, contains errors and there is a multitude of issues surrounding it. Its from legal zoom. 1: After my...

Legal NDA

asked Jan 28 '13 at 09:12

User1550052
6 points

In planning to build an mobile-app based startup, how good and effective is a business model that depends on other products? Or would a rather better business model be where the app by itself is a...

Legal Business Model Business Mobile Apps Entrepreneurship

asked Dec 30 '12 at 18:24

Quik Tester
6 points

In the UK, are there any obligations (legal or otherwise) for someone with 'Director' in their job title to also be an officer of the company (i.e. registered as a director at Companies...

UK Legal Titles

asked Jan 1 '13 at 20:39

Harunahi
148 points

I've been working at a pre-launch startup for the past year (going to launch in the next several weeks). I'm supposed to sign my Stock Purchase Agreement soon, but wanted to run this by to see if I...

Software Co-Founder Equity Legal

asked Jan 10 '13 at 07:03

Rabid Zombie
113 points

We own an International Web Development company and get hired from all over the globe. We need to know if one of our US clients, needs to pay taxes for hiring us. They paid us $750.00USD via...

Outsourcing Payments Legal Tax

asked Jan 13 '13 at 15:08

Juapo2 Services
13 points

I am entering discussions where the subject of me receiving equity in a company might be brought up. I would like to know if there is a common business term (manner-of-speaking term) for an...

Definitions Legal Agreements

asked Dec 16 '12 at 23:15

Roger
106 points

I have been talking to a few companies about offering an exclusive discount which I will be selling to some of my clients and I was curious what kind of legal agreement I should make with these...

Legal Legal Documents

asked Dec 28 '12 at 05:59

Clifgray
200 points