Legal LegendsYour Trademark is a Must-Have
GENERALLY SPEAKING trademarks serve to protect the exclusive use of your company name, slogan or logo. A significant number of business owners think that because they have registered a company and reserved a company name with the CIPC, their exclusive right to the name is ensured. The short answer is that this assumption is incorrect. Reserving a company […]
Sweating the fine print – Signing a contract is a big deal, and you never want to sign anything you don’t fully understand.
WHILE IT IS almost always a grudge purchase, ensuring that you have had a legal eye cast over a contract you intend to conclude means that you are protected, that you understand the nature of the obligations you are taking on and perhaps, an even better deal for you. To download the PDF article, click here. […]
Foundations First – 5 Common Legal Mistakes Start-Ups Make – And How To Avoid Them
5 Common Legal Mistakes Start-Ups Make – And How To Avoid Them. GETTING YOUR START-UP off the ground will be one of the hardest things you ever do. All the lingo about being nimble, agile and lean certainly holds water, but when executed too casually, could scupper your venture by creating unintended legal loopholes that come […]
The Sales That Really Count – Here’s what to consider when it comes to customer agreements
WHILE THERE ARE a number of important aspects to any customer agreement, at its core, the agreement seeks to do two ‘simple in theory’ things: regulate the extent of the liability of the company. To get customers to pay. The precise formats of the agreements regulating these things are varied, and all seek to achieve […]
Protecting Your IP
Worried that someone might be able to wrest your intellectual property away from you? Here’s how you protect your IP. FOR MOST businesses, ownership of the rights to a brand name, slogans, designs, content, inventions and code bases are of utmost importance for the success and value of the business. These rights are collectively known as […]
Off On the Horizon – Share Vesting Schedules Explained
The vesting schedule and the vesting cliff are two great ways of protecting a company’s interest by ensuring that founders or other investors earn any long-term equity they hold in the business. I KNOW what you’re thinking: ‘I’m running a business, not a private equity firm, so why do I need to know about vesting schedules and cliffs?’ Well, these can […]