A limited liability company, or LLC, is regulated by the business formation and title laws specific to each state. California is no exception, and the West Coast state probably has some of the more extensive laws on LLC creation, maintenance, and changes. Additionally, penalties for non-compliance can be serious; a registered business with the state Read More
By thoroughly understanding the different commercial leases, you can position your company on a path to success. These lengthy legal agreements are binding contracts between a lessor (the commercial landlord) and a lessee (the commercial tenant). The contracts allow the lessee to have business use of office space, retail property, a warehouse, industrial real estate, Read More
Last year, just before Christmas, something significant happened, and it wasn’t related to the holiday season. Instead, the Federal Trademark Office began putting into motion the expected rules and regulations for the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020. This omnibus federal law change overhauled the registration process and created a broad scope and field change on Read More
Starting any kind of business can be a challenging endeavor. The degree of difficulty only intensifies if you are aiming to become a business owner in a highly competitive state like California. Before you embark on your new venture, take some time to learn about some of the essential business laws in the Golden State. Read More
There is no business around that does not have some copyright protections on at least some of the work that they do. This is necessary to ensure that their intellectual property and hard work remain in their own hands. It is easy to see how something like this might slip away and end up in Read More
Maintaining a healthy cash flow is the most important thing you can do to ensure the longevity of your business. Cash flow problems can sink your small business before you even know what hit you. Don’t let debt, unanticipated expenses, excess inventory, and slow-paying customers tie up the cash you need to make your bill Read More
There are copyright violation penalties that exist to try to deter people from engaging in this kind of criminal activity. Unfortunately, some people will steal the hard work that someone else has put into their projects. Thus, there need to be some consequences of copyright violation to keep people honest and only allow those who Read More
Copyright infringement may lead to serious charges. If you’re ever the victim or accused of committing such a crime and you live in San Francisco, you should seek the assistance of a qualified San Francisco intellectual property attorney. Don’t attempt to go to court without adequate representation. A knowledgeable and respectable attorney like Attorney James Read More
Copyright infringement is a crime in which a person utilizes a copy-written item without the owner’s permission. This could be music, a movie, a book, or any number of other copy-written material. If you have discovered that someone has committed a crime of copyright infringement against you or your San Francisco business, then you may Read More
Generally, any work that involves intellectual property is eligible for copyright protection. That means that the product, created by a specific person or legal entity (i.e., a company), is original (nobody has done it before) and meets fixation. Automatic Protection Exists but Doesn’t Automatically Get Enforced Fortunately, as every San Francisco intellectual property attorney can Read More