Key Legal Concerns Facing Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age

This course examines the critical legal issues confronting start-ups, with a focus on the digital space.

• Should you register your business in Pennsylvania? Where do you live and work? Which laws do you want to apply?
• Should you form an LLC or a Corporation? What are your tax and financing needs, and at what stage?
• How to finance your business? With Bootstrapping, Love, SAFE, KISS or VC funding? Securities laws will apply.
• How to choose your brand? Choose trademarks and trade dress that are distinct, and police them.
• How to protect your intellectual property? Use the law to create and secure trade secrets, copyrights, design and utility patents. Expand these rights with contracts and licenses.

Provider:
Jenkins Law Library, an accredited provider under the Pennsylvania CLE Board's Rules, will serve as the CLE provider for this course. The course has been approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1.0 hour of CLE credit in substantive law, practice and procedure.

This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.0 hour of total CLE credit.