STARTUPS LEGAL

alable business model. Startup companies can come in all forms and sizes. A critical task in setting up a business is to have required legal support from people who understand the Start-Ups and conduct research in order to validate, assess and develop the ideas or business concepts in addition to opportunities to establish further and deeper understanding on the ideas or business concepts as well as their commercial potential. Business models for startups are generally found via a bottom-up or top-down approach. A company may cease to be a startup as it passes various milestones, such as becoming publicly traded in an IPO, or ceasing to exist as an independent entity via a merger or acquisition. Successful startups are typically more scalable than an established business, in the sense that they have the potential to grow rapidly with limited investment of capital, labor or land. If a company's value is based on its technology, it is often equally important for the business owners to obtain intellectual property protection for their idea. The newsmagazine The Economist estimated that up to 75% of the value of US public companies is now based on their intellectual property (up from 40% in 1980). Often, 100% of a small startup company's value is based on its intellectual property. As such, it is important for technology-oriented startup companies to develop a sound strategy for protecting their intellectual capital as early as possible. Recently the patent assets of failed startup companies are being purchased by what are derogatorily known as ‘patent trolls’ who then take the patents from the companies and assert those patents against companies that might be infringing the technology covered by the patent. We, at Startups Legal, provide excellent services for protection of Intellectual Property Rights. Startup companies, particularly those associated with new technology, sometimes produce huge returns to their creators and investors—a recent example of such is Google, whose creators became billionaires through their stock ownership and options. However, the failure rate of startup companies is very high. So, you need to be ready to face the future developments and we help you prepare for that on legal and compliances front.