legal

Following the success of our Bootlaw Academy day on 9 September, we are going to take the most popular element of that day, the termsheet negotiation exercise, and use it for the October Bootlaw session.

This will be the first meetup of the new school year and in the spirit of back to school, we thought you should learn a few rules which will see you all in good stead for the rest of the year.

A one day session covering all the legal aspects of the investment process. This event is aimed at CEOs or founders of companies who are in the process of raising investment or who are about to start the investment process before the end of 2009.

As part of a wider initiative on the mechanics of fundraising and selling equity in a private business, Bootlaw is addressing the legalities of selling investments.

Following on from the successful session in June, which was so successful we didn't get past copyright issues, we have persuaded Ian Silcock and Louise O'Callaghan from Hardwicke Buildings to return to speak about trademarks and software patents.

For our fifth Bootlaw meet up we are pleased to welcome Trevor Callaghan, senior product counsel for Google EMEA who will discuss Google's approach to legal issues within its business.

For the fourth Bootlaw session and the first of 2009, we have opened up the choice of topic to the democratic process.

This one day seminar will help you understand the opportunities presented by open IP and how being open can be a central part of your creative business model.