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Choice of Business Entity for a Startup
In Canada business entities considered by entrepreneurs include: (1) sole proprietorships, (2) partnerships and limited partnerships and (3) corporations. Each of these entities has advantages as well as disadvantages. Choice of the entity is usually not irrevocable, and often an initial decision will be made with the understanding that, at the appropriate time, a different form of organization will be used.
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.
Intellectual Property Law Resources
The information bellow covers common intellectual property creation and protection issues that come up for consideration regularly. If you have a subject in mind that has not been covered below, you may forward an eMail to us and we will try to address the question you have in future issues of CONCEPT LAW™ newsletter and future postings on this website. The subjects below will be covered once every 10 - 14 days. How often they appear on the website will be determined by the workload. Writing some of these subjects takes a significant amount of thought and time. This is an ongoing project. So, be patient.
DISCLAIMER - Please note that the information
provided bellow is of a general nature and may not apply to any specific
or particular situation. It is not to be considered as a legal advice
nor presumed to be indefinitely up to date.
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