A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
A legal blog on private funds, startups, and venture capital.
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. 2930), which creates an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, allowing startups to engage in crowdfunding (i.e. raising capital from a…
This post is the third in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. As I mentioned in my earlier article concerning the requirements for obtaining a utility patent in the U.S., in addition to being useful,…
This post is the second in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. As I mentioned in my previous article where I provided an introduction to patent protection in the U.S., there are 3 types of…
Previous, I summarized the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. 2930), a bill which provides for a crowdfunding exemption to the registration requirements of federal and state securities laws. The bill was recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives,…
This post is the first in a series written by Nashville attorney Shane Cortesi on patent protection. Patents are important to companies for at least two reasons. First, patents held by the company can serve as barriers of entry in…
On November 3, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to pass the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act (H.R. 2930). The bill creates an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, adding a new Section…
