Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: True) While a signed document will make it easier to prove there was in fact a contract, a signed writing is not required. All that is needed for enforcement is proof that there was in fact an agreement, which can be done through witnesses or circumstantial evidence.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: False) You can use the TM symbol any time you use a name, logo, slogan, etc. as a way of identifying your business to consumers. However you can only use the ® after you have registered your trademark.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: False) While it is true that one of the often-cited reasons for incorporating a business is to protect your personal assets from liability for events occuring in your business, the fact remains that the liability sheild is not 100% effective. Courts may "pierce the corporate veil," or in other words remove the liability shield in certain cases. This occurs when corporations with one or a few shareholders fail to conform to the formalities of their corporation, such as holding annual shareholders meetings or taking corporate minutes, or even by form- ing or operating the corporation without adequate capital to meet expected business risks.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: False) While placing this information On your creations can be useful for providing notice of your rights, you first have to make sure the copyright in your creations actually belongs to you. If you are an employee, or even an independant contractor who has consented to a work-for-hire contract in a signed writing, then you are not the owner of the copyright in your own creation. The copyright owner is your employer, or the person you contracted with in the case of the independent contractor. Incidentally, ownership of copyrights in the U.S. no longer depend on providing the notice described in this question.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: True) Registration provides many benefits such as allowing you to enforce your rights in federal court, and to demand payment of statutory damages, which are almost always higher than non-statutory damages. Registration also helps in the event of a lawsuit by granting favorable status on certain proof issues. However, registration is not required to establish rights in a copyright.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: True) In most states, all that is necessary to create a partnership is for two or more people to begin working as co-owners in a business for profit. Since most states have adopted the Uniform Partnership Act, partnership decision-making and ownership will be decided for the partnership unless they elect otherwise by drawing up their own partnership agreement. You should check the laws of your own state to see what implications partnership formation may have for you. The Uniform Partnership Act can control aspects of your partnership that are less desireable than you choose for yourself.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: True) This is a bit of a trick quest- ion. In reality, nobody knows for sure yet how the laws of jurisdiction will apply to Internet web sites. However, there already exist cases in which countries have success- fully asserted their jurisdiction over citizens from other countries.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: False) If you are linking to a site in a manner which suggests a business relationship with that site, then you may be committing an unfair trade practice, or even trademark infringement if you are using their name or logo as part of the link.

   Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: False) You can only use the ® symbol only after registering your trade or service mark with the federal government. While registering a trademark with your state will grant certain rights and protections, it does not give you the privilege of using the ® symbol.

Look here for answer after clicking true or false ----> (Answer: True) Generally speaking, unless you have the investor sign a non-compete agreement and confidentiality agreement, the investor is free to take all your ideas and use them for their own benefit. There are exceptions to this rule if your ideas are patented or if the investor is already in a fiduciary relationship with you. However, in most cases, your ideas are not protected without the above-mentioned contracts in place.