Prior to doing a seed round or a full venture capital financing, startups frequently need to do a “friends and family” round of financing. This money is often essential to carry startups through to …
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VC Lawsuit Highlights Need for Discrimination Policies
If you follow the worlds of startups and venture capital, you have probably heard of the sex discrimination lawsuit that Ellen Pao has filed against her former employer, the prestigious venture …
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SAFE – A New Financing Tool for Startups
If you follow startups, you’ve probably heard of convertible notes and Series A financings, but the newest item is the SAFE – the Simple Agreement for Future Equity. SAFE is a seed-stage financing …
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Online Privacy Rights for Minors
In a previous post, I wrote about a new California law addressing online privacy rights of minors. That law (California Business & Professions Code Section 22580 to 22582), which took effect on …
New Limits On Online Advertising to Minors
Website and mobile app operators everywhere need to be aware of a new California law dealing with online advertising to children that took effect on January 1, 2015. The law protects any minors under …
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Cybersquatter Protection 301 – The Uniform Rapid Suspension System
This is the third entry in a series on how trademark owners can protect themselves from cybersquatters. The first post talked about the trademark clearing house, and the second post discussed the …
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End Of Year Corporate Housekeeping
The end of the year is typically a good time to handle any housekeeping issues. If you have a corporation or an LLC, your state may require you to make some kind of annual filing. Here is a quick …
Cybersquatter Protection 201 – UDRP
This is the second part of a series on trademark and cybersquatting. In the first part, I wrote about the Trademark Clearing House, an essential resource for trademark owners who want to protect their …
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Cybersquatter Protection 101
Any business with a valuable trademark has to worry about domain names and cybersquatting. This has become even more important with the sharp increase in generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Recently …
FTC Slaps Yelp on Children’s Online Privacy
You might think that only companies that operate websites directed at children need to worry about complying with COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. A recent case involving Yelp, the …
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