184 Posts Found

David Cohen, founder of TechStars, and Brad Feld worked closely with Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP to put together a set of “Model Seed Funding Documents” that anyone can use. There are five primary documents in the set:
* Term Sheet
* Articles of Incorporation
* Bylaws
* Subscription Agreement
* Election Consent

Of course, these are just example documents so all legal disclaimers about usage apply … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Feld Thoughts | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

This tool will generate a venture financing term sheet based on your responses to an online questionnaire. It also has an informational component, with basic tutorials and annotations on financing terms. This term sheet generator is a modified version of a tool that we use internally, which comprises one part of a suite of document automation tools that we use to generate start-up and venture … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

TechCrunch gives an overview of and link to a new basic term sheet for use by investors and founders, authored by Adeo Ressi, founder of The Funded, a site where people rate venture capitalists .

Content: Article | Author: Adeo Ressi | Source: TechCrunch | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

Bill Meade explains how organizations should approach reigniting intellectual property programs. Most organizations have IP programs languishing on their books. Bill specializes in turning these programs into steamroller, competitive advantages.

Content: Article | Author: Bill Meade | Source: OPEN Forum (American Express) | Subject: Legal

Failure to manage e-mail can cost millions in court. A popular framework (EDRM)and an archiving system can help get your house in order–and pay dividends in the legal realm and beyond.

Content: Article | Author: Andrew Conry-Murray | Source: InformationWeek | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Legal

This content is restricted to site members. Please log in or register

There’s already been a big revolution in how we view intellectual property. So it’s not so much the question of what’s owned or what’s not owned. It’s a question of how can you leverage the assets you have to realize the most value.

Content: Quotation | Author: Hal R. Varian | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Intellectual Property

This content is restricted to site members. Please log in or register

There are many strategic product decisions business managers must make regarding product offerings, price and pricing structures, product characteristics and quality, research and development, and marketing, among other things. Included in these strategic considerations is how to sell one’s products. It is not uncommon for a manufacturer to choose to “tie” its consumers’ purchase of one product to a required purchase of another. For example, … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Paul Gift PhD | Source: Graziadio Business Report | Subject: Legal

From the author’s point of view, the threat really isn’t piracy; it’s obscurity.

Content: Quotation | Author: Matt Mason | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Attention, Intellectual Property, Knowledge

The average person in the U.S., even if he or she doesn’t illegally download music or movies, violates copyright laws so many times a day, according to John Tehranian, a law professor at the University of Utah, that if he or she were sued for just one day’s worth of violations, the damages would amount to about $12.45 million. It involves everything from forwarding an … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Matt Mason | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Information, Intellectual Property, Knowledge

This article discusses the issues for a company, and its counsel, to consider when inheriting different policies and procedures for information technology after a merger or acquisition. This article also includes a practical guide to integrating such policies and procedures and timing suggestions for completing the necessary steps. The article will also address special topics such as privacy policies, open source issues, and export compliance. … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: John C. Yates, Stephen B. Combs | Source: Morris Manning | Subjects: Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions

Thorough and comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) due diligence requires much more than compiling a listing of the company’s IP assets. Rather, IP due diligence requires assessing the strength of the company’s IP rights in the marketplace, the strength of the competitors’ rights in the marketplace, and the effect of the IP on the base company’s products and other IP rights. [Hat Tip to themanager.org]

Content: Article | Authors: Pavan K. Agarwal, Steve Maebius | Source: Foley | Subjects: Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions

New research suggest that the best way to promote fraud detection is to extend the Federal Civic False Claim Act to corporate fraud.

Content: Article | Authors: Adair Morse, Luigi Zingales | Source: Capital Ideas | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Legal, Miscellaneous

The papers in this volume represent some of the leading work on intellectual property. They address the question of how to create incentives to develop new technologies and how to protect those technologies once developed from theft. They also ask when valuable property might be developed even under weak ownership conditions. Other papers address how firms balance the tradeoffs in considering costly patent litigation and … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Gary Libecap | Subject: Legal

This standard-setting book is an essential resource for anyone looking to understand the legal challenges faced by entrepreneurs. From leaving your current job to taking your company public, it has the information you need to avoid potentially costly missteps. This book contains 17 chapters that follow the progression of a start-up business and anticipate its legal concerns through each stage of growth, with essential coverage … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Authors: Constance E. Bagley, Craig E. Dauchy | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

Fred Greguras is a partner at the Silicon Valley law firm of Fenwick and West. In this interview, Guy Kawasaki asks him to answer the most common questions of newbie entrepreneurs.

Content: Article | Author: Guy Kawasaki | Source: How to Change the World | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Legal

Dave McClure blogs about how venture capitalists and associated lawyers have failed to embrace the technological advances that have helped nearly every other aspect of the business world.

Content: Article | Author: Dave McClure | Source: Master of 500 Hats | Subjects: Legal, Venture Capital

Corporations today deal with an incredible number of contractual relationships. However, copyright issues and the assignment of rights are often neglected when using outside firms to create graphic design work, advertising, or to handle web development. While many top level executives understand the value of the intellectual property and copyrightable material they may create – and they work furiously to protect it – these same … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Emory | Subject: Legal

If you’re blogging, or even thinking about it, this is a clearly-written, concise resource on understanding copyright issues.

Content: Article | Source: Smashing Magazine | Subject: Legal