All legal aspects of a business including incorporation, intellectual property and contracts
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Received a technical co-founder offer contract. Advice
Myself and two partners are the business end of a new start up. We have been looking for a fourth and final co-founder, which would be our programmer. We found one that wants to be a part of what we ...
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Startup project - hide from employer or cooperate with him?
I am a software developer. I have a good idea and I'd like to create a startup. I am planning to invite one or two of my colleagues as co-founders.
I am concerned about the relationships with my ...
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393 views
Partner (he's a Friend) Wishes to Resign from Startup Prematurely
I am seeking help in how to handle an underperforming partner / friend that is resigning from an early phase of a startup.
Two friends and I began an equal partnership startup with the following ...
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Company Signing rights
What determines who has authority to sign a contract on behalf of the company?
What if a low level employee signs a contract in the name of the company, is it still binding?
What happens when there ...
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Partner is leaving, is there any common legal agreement that will allow him to return?
We have a company that has three business partners (all of us are liable for whatever happens in the company). One of the partners is temporarily leaving the company as he can't fulfill his duties ...
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finder's fee problem - legal advice [closed]
I am person who organized the meeting between investors from US and owners of small mine from East Africa. After that i performed all duties as assistant related to this deal.
Investors have decided ...
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Website - Do I need a lawyer?
In the next few days I want to start a gaming network.
Now I have written everything by myself and I am wondering about legal issues.
For example: Payment, User-agreement, TOS?
I currently live in ...
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2answers
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Running a startup in parallel with a job in the United Kingdom?
I am a Software Developer who recently graduated from University. I just secured a job with a big company with a nice salary. However I don't really see myself being content with that as I have ...
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How does “Limited Liability” of LLP work?
Owners of corporations (private or public) are liable only to stocks they own. Creditors can't claim company debt from personal assets of owners because there's stock to distinguish from personal ...
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Can I use competitor trademarks in my branding?
I would like to use the following in the branding for my startup software product. Do I run the risk of being sued by my competitors?
Hello. My Family needs , < feature 1 > like < competitor ...
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4answers
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Should users data be removed upon their request?
I have a commercial web startup. From a legal standpoint does maintaining users record (database info) if they decide to delete their account outweighs deleting their record?
Maintaining the users ...
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3answers
441 views
I might be leaving a startup I co-founded. What are my options?
I co-founded a startup and have been with them for almost a year now. I own around 40 percent of the company, which is to be vested over 3 years. So far, about 1/3 of it has been vested. On top of ...
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Terms of Use: Meaning of “If these terms … are considered an offer, acceptance is expressly limited …”?
I'm copy editing WordPress' Terms of Service to my own web hosting service, and I wonder what does this mean:
If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by Automattic,
acceptance is ...
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Once I apply for a patent, when can I start looking for manufacturers and engineers?
I have a (hardware) technology idea that several companies might be interested to compete with once created. Once I apply for a patent, can I proceed to scout for manufacturers, hire engineers, etc. ...
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When are Legal Disclaimers (or EULA's) needed?
I have published an app to the android and amazon app stores and currently my app has a legal disclaimer (End Use License Agreement) as part of it that runs the first time the start up the app. But ...
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1answer
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Legalities of company rating system
I'm thinking about starting work on a system that allows companies that have previously done business together to essentially rate their experience. Allowing other users to see if their potential ...
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Need to suggest client seek legal advice - how do I word this to them?
I am a bookkeeper. In working in my client's files, I have found some discrepancies and I want to let them know about these discrepancies and that I think they should seek some professional advice ...
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What legal considerations must be taken before launching a stealth landing page?
Not sure if this is a silly question but wanted to make sure I dot my i's.
Are there any particular legal aspects that need to be considered or finalized before launching the stealth (sign-up) ...
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Co-founding a Canadian startup while not being a Canadian resident
I've been invited to join a startup in Quebec as a co-founder. I'm not a Canadian resident, so I'm wondering if there are any limitations I might encounter (and if it's really possible at all).
If ...
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2answers
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Is Service Agreement Nullified if missing a referenced document?
Does a reference to another document which is no longer available or lost make a contract void or nullified?
Such as a service agreement between two companies that makes reference to a marketing ...
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Equity % Ownership question for one entity under a parent entity
Situation: Ok here is the situation. I am in negotiations as a partner in the formation of a software start up company. My responsibilities are the development of a go to market strategy, sales and ...
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California general partnership between minors
My friends and I have created an Android game that is free but has ads to generate revenue. For the purposes of taxation, we wish to create a general partnership in California, but we are all minors ...
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2answers
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Terms and Conditions for a Meetup.com-style network?
I am about to open up registrations to my open-source meetup.com alternative, but am worried about the legal side.
What sort of things should I put in the Terms and Conditions, and do I need them to ...
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How dividends work when you have common & preferred stockholders?
This may not be a very common question since most tech startups don't really pay dividends, but maybe someone can help me.
I want to start a lifestyle business (Maybe one day it will be sold, but ...
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3answers
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legal issues releasing my personal website
I've been trying to make my personal website for a long time, and now that is almost done, I've been investigating about some legal details that I must solve in order to release my website, based on ...
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What happens when one partner leaves the business
My wife just opened her business as a small beauty salon for little girls. She came up with the idea and logo for the business but needed more cash to open the business. So she brought in her mom, ...
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Legal considerations when profit sharing and/or incentivising content creation?
I'm interested in building a web app where users are paid a percentage for their content, and I'm wondering where to start. I have no issues with aspects of making payments to users, and gathering the ...
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What is legally required in order to accept monthly payments for a SaaS product?
I have been working on a web product for over a year now and I've finally gotten to the point where I've finished integrating the payment / subscription / credit card processor into the product, ...
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Does every account (Paypal, Mailchimp etc.) need to be in the Corporation's name, to make that account belong to the Corp?
Q1. Does every account (PayPal,Sendgrid,Heroku,AWS,Mailchimp) need to be in a company's name to make the company liable for anything that might go wrong, not the founders (to a reasonable degree of ...
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Changing a corporation's name in New Hampshire?
My startup (incorporated in New Hampshire) will be changing its name soon. As I understand we will have to file Form 14 with the Secretary of State's office to do this.
However I'm a bit uncertain ...
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Is “Co” suffix obligatory? Or “Software”?
I have reserved a name for my business. It does not contain any "Co" or "Software" suffix. But sometimes it's more appropriate to use the suffix, e.g. in Facebook page's title.
Can I use the "Co" ...
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2answers
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An academic research paper enhanced my startup's potential. What do I owe the authors?
An academic paper published by a major university contains some methodologies that fit perfectly with my start up idea. I would like to incorporate the methodologies into my start up but I am ...
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617 views
Fired from startup, vested equity
I was recently terminated from a startup without cause, where I was one of several founders owning a decent percentage of stock. We also had an angel investor (incubator) in with us for a small ...
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Terms & Conditions for Ecommerce
I run a new apparels ecommerce business and I manually pieced up a terms & conditions page from various sources. I was just wondering if it is at all crucial to have these drafted out by a lawyer ...
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Rights of parties holding interest in a company
I've been part of a small team at a startup (LLC) for about a year and a half now (since inception), working unders a PSA (Professional Services Agreement) that grants me a "membership interest".
...
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Share structure changes
Two friends of mine and I started a website development company (Australian Pty Ltd). Everything is going fine, we've got a few clients and a little money in the account.
After 4 months, one of three ...
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2answers
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iOS Developer Program Company Enrollment Bank Account
I would like to enroll for Apple iOS development. I am also planning to start a company for this.
My question is that, how Apple will going to pay my earnings from Appstore?
Must I open a bank ...
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Need to know the Tax ID
I'm have a few Android apps and would like to begin to monetize them with TapJoy
When filling in the Payment Information form, one of the fields that should be filled is Tax ID. I'm outside of ...
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Starting business in England from abroad
Well, I want to register a business in England from abroad. Because I don't have a registered address in UK, I am planning to use one of these formation agents from the official list and plan to use ...
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liabilities and consequences
I have agreed to undertake he design and delivery of a website for my cleint. their is a contract, but it is unsigend by both parties.
The work has been partially paid for ( 2/3rds )
The work has ...
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Apple Developer Program. What level of DUNS service do we need?
We are a startup and trying to register for the Apple Developer Program. Apple requires a DUNS number for it, and the Apple Developer website says that we can get one for FREE from D and B.
We ...
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1answer
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GPL licensing of a GPL licensed product with a commersial version
There is a product A that is developed by X-Corpoation and is provided as both Community Edition and Commercial Edition. Community Edition is licensed under GPL v1.
A Y-Corporation, my startup, wants ...
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Is it legal to sell game templates?
I'm thinking about setting up a membership based site where I design game website templates and allow the members free access to the templates as a paid member.
I see websites selling actual gaming ...
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Is it wise to incorporate after beta?
We're two Italian developers, and we're about to release a software technology in open beta. However, we're not incorporated as this is a long-term side project of ours and we're both employed ...
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I want to start an ecommerce apparel line, how should I structure my company, and what are the legal requirements to sell online?
I already have an LLC, however, It's not the brand name I want to use for my business. Should I do a DBA under that LLC? I would like to apply for a trademark on the brand, so would this structure ...
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3answers
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When do I need to file as a foreign corporation?
We recently formed a c-corp in DE and are currently bootstrapping as we look for outside investment. Since we are currently based outside of DE, we will need to file as a foreign corporation at some ...
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Export Control Classification Number
We are a software vendor and provide tools for other software developers. One of large companies requested information in order to determine whether our software is subject to Federal Export ...
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Is it legal to work for equity on a J-1 visa?
I'm currently on a J-1 visa and I understand that I'm not allowed to be paid by any company or organization other than my sponsoring organization. However, is it legal for me to 'work' for a potential ...
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Pitfalls of using an online service to form an S-Corp
My company (or soon to be) is looking at becoming an S-Corp. Right now most of our funds are tied up in the company and we can't really afford to hire an attorney to do the work for us. Can we get by ...
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Turning a University project into a business
A good friend and I had an idea for a software/mobile device related business last year, but haven't had the time to develop it yet.
He is currently taking a software engineering class at his ...
