Author Archives: mwillee

Busy CFOs, CEOs, and in-house counsel cringe at the thought of preparing for due diligence. Creating and maintaining a deal or data room is of course now a virtual exercise. Gone are the days of inviting auditors and attorneys to your office to review files. However, the initial set-up can be daunting!

Intellectual property is the most valuable asset for all businesses. But too many startups incorporate and hit the ground running without first identifying and taking proactive steps to identify or protect their IP. Without the right coverage, your brand, your name, your slogans and anything else you create is vulnerable to theft.

Myth 10: IP is for tech companies only 

The business world is a rough place. It’s a hyper-competitive ecosystem, and just as animals in the wild will fight tooth and nail to protect their territory, so to must businesses fight to protect what belongs to them. While the actual physical property of a company may seem the obvious example of a business’ property,Continue reading “Protect Your IP from Being Stolen”

Welcome back to our series “IP 101: Your Questions Answered”. In the last edition, we covered questions about business registration and LLCs. Today we’ll focus on patents and ownership rights.

Welcome back to our series “IP 101: Your Questions Answered.” Last time we tackled questions surrounding copyrights and music. In this edition, we’ll look at some concerns entrepreneurs have concerning business formation and LLCs. 

Welcome back to “IP 101: Your Questions Answered”. Today’s edition delves into questions about music and copyrights. Rather than subject you to my put-on falsetto, which had been described as “soul-killing” and “why?”, let’s get right into the questions.

Welcome back to our series answering the questions you want answered (or perhaps the questions you didn’t think to ask.)

Law firms, legaltech companies and entrepreneurs join collaborative effort to kickstart innovation, showcase resources and share emerging technologies for the legal industry. NEW YORK  (September 21, 2015) ­­ Evolve Law, an open membership organization focused on driving technology innovation and adoption in the legal industry, today announced the launch of its new online community and website, designedContinue reading “Evolve Law Launches New Digital Community to Accelerate Adoption of Legal Technology”

This is a guest blog by Hire an Esquire COO and Evolve Law co-founder Jules Miller. “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” –-Charles Darwin