We’ve got a new video out that covers an incredibly important concept to understand about protecting your patentable IP. Don’t blow your patent even before you get around to filing it! Our video will tell...
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Anne T.Boom Goes the Startup
Is your startup sitting on a legal landmine? Entrepreneurs have their hands full trying to get their companies off the ground. With endless demands and “to dos” and limited time, legal matters often get...
Congratulations on Your New Company. It’s Time to Head Toward the Exit.
The best time to start thinking about your company’s exit is at the beginning. There are several reasons for this, the most important of which is positioning your company to be able to find funding when it needs it...
Bet You Don’t Know the Difference Between Copyrights and Trademarks – Part 2
A trademark is any unique word, name, symbol, letter, figure, design or mark used to indicate the “source” or “origin” of goods or services and to distinguish those goods and services from the goods and services of...
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Welcome to Lexcela!
A warm welcome to all! In our blog, we hope to provide insights and nuggets of knowledge about legal topics of interest to startups – and businesses generally – that will help you on your journey. If there is ever a...
Wait, What? Solo Founders are More Successful
Data shows that startups founded by solo entrepreneurs are more successful that those founded by entrepreneurs with one or more partners. So says an April 30, 2019 article in Inc. written by Minda Zetlin. Ms. Zetlin’s...
Bet You Don’t Know the Difference Between Copyrights and Trademarks – Part 2
A trademark is any unique word, name, symbol, letter, figure, design or mark used to indicate the “source” or “origin” of goods or services and to distinguish those goods and services from the goods and services of...
Boom Goes the Startup
Is your startup sitting on a legal landmine? Entrepreneurs have their hands full trying to get their companies off the ground. With endless demands and “to dos” and limited time, legal matters often get...
Doom or Success? Knowing Your Financial Metrics
Conventional wisdom says that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. Many startup founders take this wisdom to heart, and they try to measure as many metrics as they can. Financial metrics help a startup analyze its...
Bet You Don’t Know the Difference Between Copyrights and Trademarks – Part 1
Over this post and the next, I want to cover two types of intellectual property that seem to get confused a lot. Those types of IP are copyrights and trademarks. When entrepreneurs are just starting out on their first...
The Right of Privacy is a Thing
There is a species of intellectual property to which many entrepreneurs give little thought – the Right of Publicity. The Right of Publicity is a person’s ability to control and profit from the commercial use of their...
So What Entity am I Supposed to Use Again?
The form of entity you choose is largely determined by how you see your business developing and what you think your exit strategy will be. If you think you have a scalable company that you intend to grow quickly and...
Cybersecurity is Not Just for Big Companies Anymore
Cybersecurity has been a buzzy topic for the last couple of years. Almost all companies maintain information in electronic form, and when these companies connect to the internet, that electronic information is at risk...
Your NDAs May be Failing You
Almost every entrepreneur will wrestle early-on with a non-disclosure agreement. Sometimes, it is the entrepreneur herself or himself wielding the NDA; sometimes, it will be a potential business partner or supplier. New...