by Chris Gatewood | Oct 7, 2013 | Securities, Startups, Threshold bLawg
If you are a Virginia startup, or an investor in one, here is something for your fourth quarter to-do list: File to become qualified as a small business whose investors can take advantage of the “Qualified Equity and Subordinated Debt Investments Tax...
by Chris Gatewood | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
When you buy or sell web site or software project services to someone, what exactly is it that is changing hands? There will be images and functions on the buyer’s screen that weren’t there before. If both sides know what they are doing, the result will be valuable....
by Chris Gatewood | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
It has been illegal for startups to publicly advertise the sale of partial ownership to investors. And while services like Angelist and FundRoom have opened up the marketplace in recent years, those platforms are still membership-based and not entirely open. After...
by Chris Gatewood | Sep 3, 2013 | Threshold bLawg, trademarks
Your actions over time build your brand. But it is crowded out there. Many brands over time will come into contact with others using similar names and logos, and who will win? Most often, the company that has taken the step of registering their trademark rights...
by Chris Gatewood | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
This is an old but instructive example of the need for care in communications when running a social media contest or campaign. It also shows the difficulty in tailoring the remedy to the problem. Two contact lens sellers charged each other with deceptive practices. ...
