Should you elect “Professional” status when you form an LLC or a Corporation? Electing “Professional” status when you form an LLC or corporation creates either a Professional Limited Liability Company (PLLC) or Professional Corporation (PC). PLLC’s and PC’s are reserved, and sometimes required, for businesses that...
Mark your calendars. The Startup Maine conference comes to life June 21 – June 23. Startup Maine delivers 3 days of killer content that is tailor-made to serve Maine’s entrepreneurs. The event will feature speakers from across the country leading 30 workshops and case studies on topics...
Business owners routinely hire an independent contractor ("IC") to perform one-off tasks such as website development, or to handle the more routine affairs for their company such as quarterly bookkeeping. While these relationships are common practice, businesses must be very careful to ensure that their use...
With more than 1000 active short-term rental listings in Portland, the City Council has implemented a mandatory registration process. Those of you listing short-terms rental units have until the end of 2017 to submit a registration form and pay the required fees to the city....
UPDATED Oct. 23, 2018: This post was updated to reflect an important change in Amazon's Brand Registry policies as the Brand Registry now accepts both federally registered word marks and design marks (i.e. logos). This is great news, read for more detail! Do you Sell on the...
This problem is getting worse of late, so please take note if you've filed a trademark application with the USPTO recently (whether using an attorney or not)! You are at risk of being scammed once you file a trademark application with the USPTO. How, you ask?...
School’s out for summer! Wa-hoo! Now, what are all these talented kids going to do with all their free time? ;) Welcome to the startup world, interns! I struggle with naming one person I know who hasn’t been an intern at some point in their careers....