BUSINESS LAW RESOURCES

The information bellow covers common business law, commercial law and  intellectual property law creation and protection issues that come up for consideration regularly. If you have a subject in mind that has not been covered below, you may forward an eMail to us and we will try to address the question you have in future issues of CONCEPT LAW® newsletter and future postings on this website. The subjects below will be covered once every 10 - 14 days. How often they appear on the website will be determined by the workload. Writing some of these subjects takes a significant amount of thought and time. This is an ongoing project. So, be patient.

DISCLAIMER - Please note that the information provided bellow is of a general nature and may not apply to any specific or particular situation. It is not to be considered as a legal advice nor presumed to be indefinitely up to date.

STARTUP CREATION, MATURITY AND EXIT

Startup Formation Considerations

• Startup Popular Misconceptions

• Technology Startup - Ten Issues to Keep in Mind

• Startup Company Prelaunch Checklist

• Corporation, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship - The Basics

• Initial Tax Considerations

• Legal Issues in a Startup - Choice of Business Entity

• Sole Proprietorship

• Partnership

• Corporation

• Securities Law Considerations

• Minority Shareholder Protection

• Intellectual Property Law Considerations

• Legal Issues in a Startup - Intellectual Property

• Composition of Board of Directors

• Restrictive Agreements for Founders (Litigation)

• Understanding Term Sheets and Letters of Intent

• Agreements Between Founders

  • Shares & Ownership Interest

  • Share Control Agreements

  • Shotgun, Buy-sell and Piggy-back Agreements

  • Division of Responsibilities

  • Employment Contracts with Founders and Key Employees

  • Handling Intellectual Property of Founders (Litigation)

• Initial Financing

• Informal Financing - General Review

• Informal Financing - Specifics

• Initial Financing - Detailed

• Sale of Equity

• Sale of Debt

• Sale of Debt - Detailed

• Debt Equity Combinations

• Corporate Partnerships and Joint Ventures

• Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights (Litigation)

• Legal Issues in a Startup - Initial Financing

• Sources of Initial Financing

• Personal Resources, Family, Friends & Fools

• Angel Investors

• Venture Capitalist and Private Placement

• Debt & Equity Combinations

• Investment Bankers

• Banks

• Other Sources

• Sale of Business - Forgotten IP Assets

• Securities Law Implications

  • The Prospectus

  • The Prospectus Exemptions

  • Publicly Held Corporations

• Negotiating Initial Financing

  • Negotiation Strategy

  • Term Sheets and Letters of Intent

  • Startup Valuation

  • Change of Control Provisions

  • Registration, Piggy-back & Demand Rights

  • Conversion & Anti-dilution Provisions

  • Comparison of Different Securities

• Operating Problems & Contract Formation

  • Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret and Copyright Protection (Litigation)

  • Unfair Competition (Litigation)

  • Business Related Torts (Litigation)

  • Antitrust Problems

  • Representative, Distributor & Dealer Arrangements

  • Employment Issues (Litigation)

  • Manufacturing Facilities & Equipment Purchase & Lease

  • Software Licensing

• Risk Management

  • Asset Isolation

  • Asset Cloaks

  • Asset Collateralization