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As a small business, you have to approach things differently than larger companies in your field. But that doesn’t necessarily have to be a disadvantage. While big businesses have considerable resources to draw from for projects, they can also be the victim of an entrenched mindset that can prevent new and innovative thinking. Here areContinue reading “Tips for Running Your Small Business”

Welcome back to our now long-running series “IP 101”. In this edition, we’ll run through a few more of the best questions we’ve received about intellectual property and your business. Instead of a contract, can we just put the licensing/branding/copy right protection language in an email as the job may be small?

I was in NYC in early October and met up with some fellow CfiRA (Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory  Advocates ) members who have it on good authority that the Title III rules for federal equity crowdfunding will come out in October.  Woohoo again! This means that you can add a federal crowdfunding campaign to your New Year’sContinue reading “Woohoo!: Title III Final Rules Before Halloween”

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 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

In the first part of the sereis, we began tackling the questions posed by the attendees of our recent SCORE webinar, “IP 101.” Today, we’ll delve even deeper into the many queeries posed by the audience.

We often write and discuss what we here at Traklight believe to be the biggest or most common intellectual property (IP) and risk issues facing entrepreneurs, but such an endeavor is inherently presumptive. That’s why it’s great to hear real issues and questions that people are tacklihg in their businesses. During Mary’s recent SCORE webinarContinue reading “IP 101: Your Questions Answered, Part 1”

In this space, we’ve talked a lot about what intellectual property (IP) is and its importance to businesses. But sometimes it’s helpful to get clarity by looking at things from a different perspective – in this case, what doesn’t qualify as your intellectual property.