All legal aspects of a business including incorporation, intellectual property and contracts
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How do I protect my idea before launching my web-service?
I have a unique idea about a web-service.
How do I protect against duplicating my idea before launching?
I'm afraid I'd end up rivaling against massive number of competitors like Groupon does now.
I'm ...
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4answers
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Approach copyright holders to licence IP for my game
I built an electronic version of a popular board game. I got some good responses on avoiding legal issues, but I went ahead and built it anyway, keeping it private for obvious reasons. Everyone who ...
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Where am I “doing business” if I only have a website and I (potentially) sell to companies all over the world?
This is spawned from @Dana Shultz's answer to this question.
from this portion of his answer:
...if you incorporate elsewhere but do
business in CA, you will need to
register in CA, too...
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3answers
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Mutual or Unilateral NDA?
Which do you think is better to begin a relationship with a vendor/contractor or partner/co-founder? What are some of the advantages or disadvantages of choosing one over the other?
Thanks
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5answers
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Is it possible to open a US bank account if you not US resident?
Related to this question here, if I'm not a US permanent resident, is it possible for me to get an account in US banks? If possible, what are the prerequisites? Has anyone been in this situation ...
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4answers
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Can I patent something like this?
Assume there is no one doing type as you search.
And I am the first one to do it, can I patent this application? If not, please explain. Thank you.
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1answer
698 views
Starting a LLC on a non-immigrant visa
I am on H1 visa and my spouse is on L1 visa. We both have EADs from my green card filing. We would like to maintain our visa statuses.
Given this scenario, is there a way for us to register a LLC, ...
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2answers
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Can I incorporate my internet business in California/Delaware without a “physical address”?
I am planning a startup in internet space and I live in California. I do not wish to use my home address as the place-of-business (physical) address in the incorporation documents due to concerns ...
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Is it legally right to put movie/music/games cover art on a website?
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, ...
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Licensed software and due diligence: sufficient?
In the process of due diligence for an investment or for M&A, I ask:
Considering that all other software is property of the company, is it sufficient to have a non-core part of the software, ...
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How will a registered agent protect my privacy?
If I get a registered agent for my LLC, does that truly protect my privacy? So if an employer, friend, coworker, relative, etc wanted to find out who owns the company, could it be done?
What are the ...
