by Theresa Shafer | May 10, 2018 | Clients in the News, News
Insights for Inventors and Entrepreneurs Small Business Insurance A reoccurring question business attorneys often receive after helping a new business owner with their initial formation is, “What type of insurance do I need?” Regardless of what business you are...
by Mike Kasin | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog, Startup Advice
A reoccurring question business attorneys often receive after helping a new business owner with their initial formation is, “What type of insurance do I need?” What type of insurance you need hinges on what type of business you are in. For example, if you are offering...
by Admin | Mar 16, 2018 | News
Pete Tormey’s ebook “Startup Guide to Intellectual Property: Early Stage Protection of IP” is a great resource. Here are some excerpts from the “Protecting IP Early” Chapter of Pete’s book. They cover some of the basic concepts of...
by Admin | Feb 16, 2018 | News, Patents
Whether or not to file a patent is yet another business decision for the early startup founder. And as Peter Tormey points out in his ebook Startup Guide to Intellectual Property Early Stage Protection of IP, Patents are expensive to get and expensive to enforce....
by Theresa Shafer | Feb 3, 2018 | Clients in the News, News
Insights for Inventors and Entrepreneurs Startup Equity – Slicing the Pie Pete Tormey is interviewed about the important financial decisions that startup founders face when slicing the pie on startup equity. Listen to Pete’s interview about slicing...
by Theresa Shafer | Jan 20, 2018 | Startup Advice
Startup founders must make many decisions during the formative stages of their company. They decide how to structure their venture and divide the ownership. How they value the equity stakes that they claim in the new venture is somewhat arbitrary in the pre-revenue...
by Michael Petrin | Dec 10, 2017 | Blog, Clients in the News, News
Folium Biosciences is Pleased to Announce its Sponsorship of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) World Congress Medical Conference in Las Vegas, NV December 14-16, 2017 The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) is dedicated to the advancement of...
by Theresa Shafer | Nov 30, 2017 | News
Insights for Inventors and Entrepreneurs A Good Trademark What makes for a great trademark? Taking a hint from the title of this article, one answer suggests itself – a completely made-up one! Explore how to make a great trademark Clients in the News...
by PeteT | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog, News, Patents, Startup Advice
Joint ownership of patents is a bad idea. The other owners have free discretion to do what they want with the patent. The best way to own a patent is to assign it to a single entity, a business or a trust, and let the single entity control the patent. Here is an...
by Michael Petrin | Nov 18, 2017 | Blog, News, Patents
Curious as to the very first patent ever granted by the United States? The patent grant shown above was the first one issued, to sole inventor Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont in July of 1790. The Hopkins patent claimed an “Improvement, not known before...
