Services to Businesses

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Any business, regardless of its size, encounters legal challenges. From filing the right paperwork or getting a business started, to managing contract disputes, it is important to have someone you can turn to who also understands your business needs.

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At Cook Law Firm, we provide guidance for businesses throughout the Northwest. We believe every client deserves to have an attorney who takes the time to understand their clients' goals.

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FORMATION

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To ensure you start your business on the right foot, we will assist you with choosing and forming the right entity suited to fit your specific needs, whether it be:

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• Sole proprietorship

• Corporation

• Nonprofit

• Limited liability company

• Limited partnership

• General partnership

• Limited liability partnership

• Hybrid/nesting entity

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We will draft and tailor your operating or partnership agreement or articles of incorporation and bylaws, in accord with Oregon laws and rules. Oregon Secretary of State Business Laws and Rules

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We will also advise and prepare documents for your business on a full range of employment law issues.

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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To protect your proprietary work, we will advise you re:

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• Non-disclosure, confidentiality and proprietary information agreements;

• Trademark search, application, registration, maintenance, policing and enforcement;

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office​

• Copyright research, registration, recording, policing and enforcement; and

  • United States Copyright Office​

• Work-for-hire agreements.

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CONTRACTING

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The best way to prevent problems down the road is to have a strong agreement from the beginning. Your transactions and agreements with your business partners require much more than cut-and-paste boilerplate provisions.