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Protection of Intellectual Property in a Startup
Aside from competence of management team, control of intellectual property is a major focus of investor scrutiny. The ability to identify and protect intellectual property directly reflects on investor confidence and the resulting access to capital available to technology start-up. Protection of intellectual property assets is available through the law of copyright, trade secrets, patents and trademarks.
Employment Issues in a Startup
At some point in the growth of the business, entrepreneurs will have to hire and terminate employees. Employment in Canada is heavily regulated, governed by either federal or provincial legislation. Most employers are covered by provincial legislation. Federal employment laws apply only to industries within the federal government's jurisdiction.
Practice
Pinsky Law, Patent & Trademark Agents, is a business, technology and intellectual property law firm providing a range of cost effective legal services to support companies involved in the development, distribution and use of technology and intellectual property assets. We also serve as corporate general counsel on a part-time basis for clients whose management teams require dedicated, in-house legal management and resources, but are not yet large enough to justify hiring full-time general counsel.
What We Do
We represent businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors at all stages of growth, from business formation to acquisition. We represent individuals, partnerships, and private companies in a wide variety of industries including aviation and aerospace, automotive, radio communications, wireless telecommunications, computer hardware, computer software, computer games, information technology, medical devices, digital media, clean technology, healthcare, book publishing, and sports and entertainment. We help our clients in creation, structuring, negotiation and implementation of business and intellectual property transactions, such as registration of patents and trademarks in the USA, Canada and internationally, and with other e-commerce, internet, technology and commercial law matters.
What We Do Not Do
We do not provide free consultations. Free consultations are not consultations - they are free auditions. You get what you pay for - you pay nothing, you get nothing. And 'free auditions’ are not free - they are designed to get you in office for a distorted advice of a professional who encourages you to retain him or her so that they can make a living. We do not do that.
We do not charge large or hidden fees. We only charge pre-agreed fees.
We do not exaggerate the patentability of your invention. We provide honest, laconic, and straightforward advice. If you should not patent, we will tell you that.
We do not represent, or assist to, self-represented individuals. If you decided to save money and yourself drafted and negotiated an agreement, prepared a trademark application, or a patent application, we will not review your work and we will not file it under our law firm's name. Having decided to be your own lawyer, you are on your own.