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Founders Legal (Bekiares Eliezer LLP) specializes in Corporate law, Intellectual Property & Patents
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Founders Legal (Bekiares Eliezer LLP) is a boutique law firm run by experienced lawyers who are tech entrepreneurs. All of Founders Legal have a firsthand understanding of the demands and difficulties faced by startup businesses and their founders. That is why our team is composed of practical, results oriented attorneys who believe strongly in providing quality, yet cost-effective solutions for our clients. At Founders Legal, we believe that every business deserves the opportunity to start with a solid foundation. Therefore, the main mission of Founders Legal is to provide quality and affordable representation to emerging companies throughout every phase of their life cycle, including formation, growth in operations, development and protection of intellectual property, capitalization, and exit transactions.

10/15/2026

Anthropic may be preparing for one of the largest IPOs in history, but its future shareholders could be buying into a company where maximizing their return is not the board’s only legal obligation.

That is what makes its public benefit corporation structure worth watching. The company has written its long-term AI mission into its governance and reinforced it through an independent trust with special board appointment rights, creating a structure designed to withstand commercial pressure as outside capital becomes more influential.

The same issue becomes much more personal once you begin negotiating your own board rights, investor protections, or exit terms. A public mission can carry real legal weight, and the governance built around it will influence how much authority investors receive, what directors can defend, and how the company approaches a future sale.

**Carter Gaines**, Associate Attorney at Founders Legal, explains what Anthropic’s structure reveals about public benefit corporations, investor control, board obligations, and the decisions that deserve attention before outside capital enters the picture.

Read the full article through the link in our bio.

If a public benefit corporation is part of the structure you are considering, schedule a consultation with our corporate team to work through the governance, investor rights, and long-term consequences with experienced counsel.

Schedule a consultation through the link in our bio.

10/14/2026

Apple facing a $5.7 billion patent verdict is the part everyone notices. The part worth studying is how Taction got there after losing on summary judgment and fighting its way back through appeal.

That is where the case starts getting interesting for your own patent strategy. Strong claims matter, but so does what they actually cover in the market, how well the evidence holds together, and whether the economics justify seeing enforcement through when the other side has the resources to drag the fight out.

Kevin Bastuba, Partner and Patent Group Chair at Founders Legal, breaks down what this verdict reveals about building patents that are worth enforcing and what changes once those rights are tested against a company the size of Apple.

Read the full article via the link in our bio.

If your technology is important enough to defend, the patent strategy behind it should be ready for that reality.

Schedule a consultation with our patent team via the link in our bio.

10/12/2026

A new show can carry old contractual baggage with it, and Chris Harrison’s The Vow is a timely example of how quickly that can become a problem.

The dispute brings attention to a risk that can follow talent, producers, and production companies into the next project. Prior agreements may continue to govern certain rights, materials, or restrictions even after the previous engagement has ended, which can create friction at the point of development, promotion, or release.

Beth B. Moore, Senior Counsel at Founders Legal, explains how earlier entertainment contracts can continue affecting a new production and why those obligations need to be understood in the context of the project now being built.

Read the full article via the link in bio for a closer look at where those contractual obligations can reappear and why they deserve attention as a new production develops.

If you are developing or preparing to promote a new production, you can also schedule a consultation with our entertainment law team through the link in bio.

10/09/2026

A venture-backed company can look well capitalized on paper and still leave an infrastructure counterparty asking the harder question: what happens to the project if the next round is delayed, reduced, or never closes?

That tension sits at the heart of major infrastructure commitments, where long-term ex*****on depends on more than current capitalization. The contract has to support confidence in the project even when financing conditions deteriorate.

Matthew Teismann, Esq., Of Counsel at Founders Legal, explains how venture-backed companies can structure infrastructure contracts to support project credibility while preserving future financing flexibility.

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If your company is preparing to enter a significant infrastructure commitment, schedule a consultation with our corporate team to review how the deal is structured around the financing realities behind it.

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10/08/2026

A trademark is one of the few legal assets your customers interact with every day.

It carries the name they remember, the reputation they associate with your business, and the identity that distinguishes you in the market. As that recognition grows, the legal questions become more consequential: who owns the mark, how broadly it is protected, where the registration applies, and what happens when another business starts getting uncomfortably close.

Our trademark team advises businesses on clearance, registration, portfolio strategy, licensing, enforcement, and disputes, with the aim of protecting the commercial identity the business is actually building.

If your brand has become an asset people recognize and rely on, schedule a consultation with our trademark team to review how that value is protected.

**Visit the link in our bio to schedule a consultation.**

10/05/2026

Four minutes to make the case for your business is a demanding brief. At the latest Atlanta Startup Village, founders put that case directly to a panel of industry leaders, whose questions and real-time feedback gave them an opportunity to test their assumptions and discuss business challenges with the benefit of experienced, outside perspectives.

Jacqueline Biscotti presented Campuswink, connecting families with current students for private campus tours and firsthand insight into college life, while Marcus Gordon introduced ExitOdds, a platform for forecasting private-company outcomes.

The presentations also brought practical service businesses into the discussion. Chaz Chapman shared Qarryon’s approach to luggage pickup and delivery in Atlanta, and Robert Burke presented Sobo, which combines AI-assisted business insights with vetted fractional consultant matching.

Elena Rogers, Associate Attorney at Founders Legal, had the opportunity to introduce our approach to startup counsel, explaining how we help founders evaluate the legal implications of their business decisions throughout their company’s development. Joining Elena were Elizabeth Weibush and Frances Beasley, supporting our involvement and helping founders connect with the right counsel at the firm.

We’re proud to work alongside Atlanta Tech Village and take an active part in Atlanta Startup Village, contributing our experience to the network of support it continues to build for founders.

From agreeing on ownership to signing your first contract, you’re making commitments that will influence how your company operates.

Schedule a consultation with our corporate team and work through those early decisions with experienced counsel alongside you. Visit the link in bio to learn more.

10/02/2026

Each year, Founders Legal holds a firm-wide meeting that gives us the space to look at the year in full and recognize what we have built together. It is a chance to reflect on the clients who trusted us with meaningful decisions, the work that challenged us, the collaborations that strengthened our reach, the communities we were able to support, and the growth we have seen across the firm.

What stands out most is the quality of the work behind those achievements. Stronger counsel, deeper relationships, broader contribution, and a team that continues to raise its own standard have all played a part.

We are proud of what this team has accomplished, proud of the clients and partners we have had the opportunity to work with, and proud of the momentum we have created together.

09/30/2026

Your film can be technically protected and still be legally exposed if the people handling it are not bound by clear obligations.

Once you start sharing an unreleased cut with vendors, reviewers, festivals, distributors, or other trusted recipients, the legal protection around that access matters just as much as the technology used to secure the file.

That means your agreements should define who can access the film, how it can be used, what happens if control is lost, and what records need to exist if something goes wrong. Without that structure, even strong technical safeguards can leave you with a weaker enforcement position than you expected.

In our latest article, Beth B. Moore, Senior Counsel at Founders Legal, explains how to align the legal framework around your unreleased film with the technical protections used to secure it, while also highlighting where encryption and watermarking fit into that broader protection strategy.

Visit the link in bio to read the full article.

If your film is still in the pre-release stage, this is the time to review how access, custody, and legal protection are being handled.

Visit the link in bio to schedule a consultation with our entertainment law team.

09/25/2026

A filing receipt, an application number, and the right to say “Patent Pending” can make your invention feel far more protected than it actually is.

Filing starts the process, but it does not tell you what the USPTO will ultimately allow. Examination, Office Actions, amendments, and prosecution decisions can all change the scope you end up with.

Understanding what each stage is testing, and what each decision can change, gives you a much clearer view of the protection you are pursuing.

Kevin Bastuba, Partner and Patent Group Chair at Founders Legal, explains how the U.S. patent process develops from invention review and filing strategy through examination, prosecution, allowance, issuance, and long-term portfolio management.

Read the full article through the link in our bio.

If you are preparing to file or already have an application pending, speak with our patent team about the strategy behind the process and the protection you are ultimately trying to secure. Visit the link in our bio to get in touch.

09/24/2026

Some of your technology may be worth patenting. Other parts may be more valuable if they never become public at all.

The difficulty is knowing which is which before disclosure starts narrowing your options. If competitors can inspect the product, reproduce the feature, or independently arrive at the same solution, patent protection may give you leverage that secrecy cannot. But if the real advantage sits inside your source code, data, processes, operating methods, or internal know-how, publishing too much can destroy the very secrecy that gives those assets value.

That decision becomes even more important once commercialization begins. A product can reveal enough for reverse engineering, a patent application can publish information you intended to keep confidential, and even secret commercial use can affect later patent rights. The protection strategy therefore has to reflect how the technology actually works inside the business, not simply whether you prefer patents or trade secrets.

Kevin Bastuba, Partner and Patent Group Chair at Founders Legal, explains how patent and trade secret protection can work together, where to draw the boundary between them, and why different layers of the same technology may need different forms of protection.

Read the full article through the link in our bio.

If you are deciding whether to patent an invention, preserve it as a trade secret, or use both approaches, speak with our patent team before disclosure or commercialization limits your options. Visit the link in our bio to get in touch.

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