If you make, sell or license software, you'll want to have a basic understanding of the common legal documents that are used in your profession. Here's a field guide to these documents. My goal here is to demystify some terminology that can be confusing, explain what...
We represent service providers of all types: software developers, commercial photographers, graphic designers, I.T. firms, and many more. The single most common piece of legal advice I give them is: always get paid in advance. Require your clients to pay at least a portion of your expected...
This article is written by Emily Brackett, CEO of Visible Logic, an award-winning Portland, Maine website development and branding firm, and Adam Nyhan, a software attorney at Portland, Maine law firm Opticliff Law, LLC. Many businesses hire professional website development firms to build their websites. And...
As a boutique law firm, we are fortunate and grateful to be a go-to resource for so many people who seek to start a company and want “to do it right” (their words, not mine). In fact, I’m not sure there is a part of...
Our clients have lots of questions about two related issues involving their business websites: Terms of Use and privacy policies. Here's our breakdown of these common questions and what you need to know as the operator of a business website. What's the difference between a website's...
Dear friends, clients & colleagues, We cordially invite you to an open house happy hour event to showcase our new office space inside of Blue Heron Office Suites! Interior decorating and featured photography by Katie McAlaine. Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 15, 2018 from 4-6pm,...
As a growing company, it's important to consider a range of ways to finance your business. These typically include bootstrapping (self-funding), debt (loans) and equity (taking money from angel investors, venture capital firms or other private investors in exchange for a share of your company)....
We just read the Terms of Use for 39 websites so you don't have to. There's an easy way to make sure that your website does not violate the Terms of Use of the third-party services it needs to operate: have a privacy policy on your...
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...
On April 4, 2018, three lawyers, two wives, and a little baby from Opticliff Law ventured to France to learn more about tiny trade channels between France and the US. The firm’s focus was on small (“craft”) producers of wine and champagne who would like...