Patents are really interesting! They represent the right to exclude others from using your unique invention. Inventions can be intangible (things you can’t touch) or tangible (things you can touch). There are many forms of them, and they are, admittedly, a very...
Trademarks are critical to businesses. They represent the name, logos, slogans and other identifying language and materials of a business. Think of the Nike Swoosh, “just do it”, the NBA logo (or any major professional sport logo or college team logo), or...
Intellectual property generally relates to three bodies of law: copyright, trademark and patent. Each has it’s own universe of significance, rights, remedies, and the like. This video discusses copyright; what it is, what’s a registration, what it means...
Sales of shares, membership interests, partnership interests, etc. can be done in a variety of ways. Of course it’s customizable and can be tailored to the needs of the client. What’s common to all entities is the structure involved. We typically approach it...
Remember that some entities allow for slicing and dicing of rights with respect to shares of ownership. That means that you can own voting rights and economic rights, and you can separate the two of them. Other entities do not have that type of flexibility. In...
It’s very common to build in a right of first refusal into a governing document. It’s a way of keeping the shares in the family. The way it works is that the partners have a right to match the material terms of any bona fide offer from a third party....
