How to protect my trademarks and ideas?

You are undertaking a project for a new business, a startup. You already have the financial/commercial side well thought-out, and have commissioned a designer to sketch a logo and design a corporate identity under the brand you have decided to use. You buy stationery, signs, business cards, among others. You commence the required process to obtain a notice of operation

Startup Financing

A company’s need for substantial amounts of capital is intensified when looking to grow quickly, or develop an innovative product that will disrupt the market in a meaningful way. This is true to any company, and is especially true to innovative and disruptive startups, which aim at creating new markets, revolutionizing existing ones and prevailing

Special Regimes relevant to Panamanian Startups

At the beginning of a startup’s life, the use of financial resources in the most efficient way is of vital importance. It is for this reason that the incentives that a country can provide to an entrepreneur and his newly formed company can potentially determine how and how much that company will grow. In previous articles in this Startup Series, we summarized the advantages of incorporating a startup under

Feasibility of Organizing a Startup as Limited Liability Entrepreneurship Company

On July 22, 2020, the National Assembly approved, after a third debate, Draft Law No. 83 (the “Draft Law”), which regulates limited liability entrepreneurship companies (the “LLECs”) in Panama, and is now awaiting the signature (or veto) of the President of the Republic. The Draft Law’s object is to “streamline and simplify constitution procedures” of

The creation of a startup

An entrepreneur has a lot to consider when starting a new business. Who will be part of the team? Who will manage the company? How will decision-making be handled? Without a doubt, from the legal standpoint, among the first questions that an entrepreneur must ask him or herself is: What type of entity should I

Why incorporate your startup in Panama?

In the corporate world, there is a novel type of enterprise labeled “startup,” which is known for its rapid growth, partly, because of the fact that it is highly related to the general use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the latest business trends. Given the rapid growth and scale that characterizes a successful

Panama: New Law on Protection of Personal Data

With the enactment of Law No. 81 on Protection of Personal Data, the Republic of Panama aims to establish the principles, rights, obligations and procedures that regulate the protection of personal data, also considering their interrelation with private life and other rights and fundamental freedoms of citizens, by natural or legal persons, public or private