by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
When Should Startups Consider Doing an Initial Coin Offering rather than a VC Round of Funding?Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a relatively recent phenomenon. Technology companies, unsatisfied by the traditional routes of securing operational funding, created a...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
How to Structure a Seed Round with Non-Accredited “Sophisticated” Investors?When offering an equity financing round to friends and family investors, the primary considerations are the terms of investment and compliance with the federal and state securities laws. In...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
What Happens to Employees’ Non-Vested Stock Options When their Company is Acquired or IPO’s?Startup organizations general employ stock options as a method of incentivizing employees. This gives rise to numerous questions about what happens to an employee’s stock...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Real Estate, Personal, & Intellectual Property
What is Patent Infringement, and What Do I Do When It’s Occurred? An inventor can claim patent rights over her creation or invention (“invention”). The process for claiming patent rights includes filing for protection with the United States Patent and Trademark Office...
by Jason M. Gordon | Feb 23, 2025 | Real Estate, Personal, & Intellectual Property
Why Should I Perform a Trademark Search Before Registering a Trademark? Trademark law is an area of intellectual property law. It concerns the ability to secure intellectual property rights in the symbols that represent the company. A “symbol” for purposes of...
