Founders Legal

Founders Legal Founders Legal (Bekiares Eliezer LLP) specializes in Corporate law, Intellectual Property & Patents
(1)

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 o

ur 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.

Google’s latest patent dispute in front of the U.S. Supreme Court could reshape how older patents are challenged across ...
05/28/2026

Google’s latest patent dispute in front of the U.S. Supreme Court could reshape how older patents are challenged across the technology industry.

The company is challenging the USPTO’s use of a “settled expectations” standard after the PTAB refused to review an older software patent, raising broader questions around whether patent age itself should start limiting administrative challenges, even where Congress never formally imposed that restriction.

For technology companies, founders, and patent holders, the implications extend well beyond a single dispute. Older patents often sit at the center of software litigation, licensing negotiations, acquisition diligence, investor review, and broader intellectual property strategy. A shift in how those patents can be challenged changes leverage on both sides of the table.

The issue also reflects how quickly the procedural landscape surrounding PTAB review, patent enforcement, and administrative challenges continues evolving.

We work closely with companies navigating patent protection, disputes, enforcement strategy, and long-term intellectual property positioning as these shifts continue shaping the market.

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

05/28/2026

Some of the most valuable rights in entertainment are connected to agreements people stopped thinking about years ago.

As older catalogs, recordings, and creative assets continue increasing in commercial value, more attention is beginning to shift toward the legal mechanisms surrounding ownership, transferred rights, and long-term control across entertainment and media.

In this Founders Brief, Beth B. Moore, Senior Counsel and Attorney at Founders Legal, discusses a lesser-known area of U.S. copyright law that carries growing significance for artists, creators, and entertainment professionals connected to legacy works.

Watch the full video here.

If you are reviewing older agreements, transferred rights, or legacy creative assets, visit the link in bio to schedule a consultation with our entertainment legal team.

Privacy litigation surrounding website tracking technologies continues to expand across the U.S.Courts and legal analyst...
05/24/2026

Privacy litigation surrounding website tracking technologies continues to expand across the U.S.

Courts and legal analysts are paying closer attention to how businesses use tools like Meta Pixel, Google Analytics, session replay software, embedded chat widgets, and other tracking technologies.

The focus sits on user data transmission, consent frameworks, and third party data sharing practices.

For many businesses, marketing infrastructure evolved quickly across vendors, integrations, tag managers, and analytics platforms, while legal and operational visibility struggled to keep pace.

A tracking pixel carries marketing implications, privacy implications, and legal implications.

Businesses relying on analytics, advertising infrastructure, customer behavior tracking, or embedded third-party technologies should understand exactly what their websites collect, transmit, and share.

Schedule a consultation through the link in bio to review your privacy, consent, and tracking infrastructure exposure.

If your product design improves usability, performance, cost, handling, storage, or functionality, trademark law may bec...
05/20/2026

If your product design improves usability, performance, cost, handling, storage, or functionality, trademark law may become a much harder path for protection.

That issue surfaces more often than founders expect across packaging, product configuration, cosmetics, footwear, consumer electronics, food products, and design-driven brands.

One of the more damaging mistakes can appear inside your own marketing. The language used to explain why a design “works better” can later become evidence supporting functionality arguments against trademark protection.

If you are building a brand around product design, packaging, or trade dress, schedule a consultation with our team to evaluate how trademark, patent, design patent, and broader intellectual property strategy should work together around your product. Visit the link in bio.

Founders Legal is continuing to expand its Intellectual Property Litigation practice, and we are looking for an Intellec...
05/16/2026

Founders Legal is continuing to expand its Intellectual Property Litigation practice, and we are looking for an Intellectual Property Litigation Associate to join our team.

This role offers direct involvement across active litigation matters, meaningful client engagement, and the opportunity to build within a practice closely connected to emerging industries and fast-moving companies.

For attorneys with experience in copyright and trademark litigation who are looking for greater responsibility, stronger integration into matters, and long-term growth opportunities, we encourage you to apply.

Apply through the link in our bio.

05/16/2026

Founders spend months building investor interest and five minutes realizing how much of the company was already exposed in the process.

Control provisions. Board rights. Founder dilution. SAFEs are stacking on top of one another. Intellectual property sitting outside the company. Advisor arrangements were drafted casually. Commercial terms carry consequences far beyond the original deal itself.

Fundraising changes the pressure around every decision attached to your company.

As a founder, you are expected to negotiate valuation, growth expectations, investor confidence, governance structure, hiring pressure, operational scale, and long-term ownership positioning at the same time, often while the business itself is still evolving underneath you.

If you are preparing for a raise, understanding the legal blind spots that can surface during fundraising starts carrying real commercial consequences, particularly once investor diligence begins examining the structure behind the company itself.

Read the full article through the link in our bio.

To schedule a consultation with our team, visit the link in our bio or contact Founders Legal directly.

05/10/2026

Intellectual property carries its greatest value when it is structured with the business itself in mind.

Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets form a critical part of that foundation, but contractual structure often determines how those assets are positioned, licensed, and leveraged across customer relationships and future transactions.

For investors and acquirers, that framework shapes how the underlying value of the company is assessed over time.

In this Founders Brief, David H. Pierce, Partner and Corporate Chair at Founders Legal, discusses the relationship between IP strategy, contractual structure, and long-term company valuation.

To discuss how your intellectual property and commercial agreements align with your long-term business growth, schedule a consultation through the link in bio.

05/08/2026

For creators, AI copyright litigation is becoming a question of leverage.

Courts are now testing how copyrighted work is used in AI training, how authorship is proven when AI tools enter the workflow, and how licensing markets may affect future claims. For influencers, artists, publishers, and media teams, the issue is tied directly to ownership, enforcement, and negotiating power.

The structure around your work, how it is licensed, documented, protected, and distributed, increasingly shapes how enforceable those rights become once disputes emerge.

In this article, Beth B. Moore, Senior Counsel and Attorney at Founders Legal, examines what these cases mean for creators whose work, voice, image, and content libraries are becoming part of a more contested rights environment.

Read the full article through the link in our bio.

Startup Chowdown at Atlanta Tech Village continues to serve as a consistent meeting point for founders actively building...
05/08/2026

Startup Chowdown at Atlanta Tech Village continues to serve as a consistent meeting point for founders actively building and refining their companies.

The event brought together a cross-section of operators, investors, and early-stage teams, creating an environment where ideas are shared, challenged, and developed through ongoing conversation across the community.

Representing Founders Legal, David H. Pierce, Partner and Corporate Chair, and Jeffrey Bekiares, Managing Partner, were in attendance, with Elena Rogers, Associate Attorney, opening the session with introductory remarks. Josh Slovin, Associate Attorney, joined the team on site, alongside Elizabeth Weibush and Frances Beasley, whose presence helped round out Founders Legal’s engagement throughout the room.

Startup Chowdown remains one of the settings where relationships are built over time, and where the exchange between founders, operators, and advisors continues to shape how companies move forward.

Appreciation to Hilton Thompson and the Atlanta Tech Village team for continuing to host and grow one of the most active gatherings within Atlanta’s startup ecosystem.

The Georgia Technology Summit brought together a broad cross-section of Georgia’s technology and innovation ecosystem, w...
05/02/2026

The Georgia Technology Summit brought together a broad cross-section of Georgia’s technology and innovation ecosystem, with conversations grounded in how companies are actually scaling across the region.

Elena Rogers, Associate Attorney at Founders Legal, spent the day engaging with founders, operators, and investors, with discussions spanning capital, growth, and the practical realities behind building in today’s environment. This included a panel moderated by Aly Merritt, President of Atlanta Tech Village, along with keynote remarks from Mohamed “Mo” Massaquoi.

We appreciate the opportunity to attend and engage in an environment bringing together Georgia’s technology leaders for focused, peer-level discussion around innovation and the future of the industry. Thank you to Paige Hanlon and Jalasoft for making this possible.

Speed at the early stage tends to expose whether your advisors can actually keep up.For accelerators and early-stage inv...
05/01/2026

Speed at the early stage tends to expose whether your advisors can actually keep up.

For accelerators and early-stage investors, that distinction becomes practical very quickly. It shows up in how decisions are supported, how quickly issues are resolved, and whether legal input helps move things forward or slows them down.

Our approach has been to stay closely aligned with that pace, working alongside teams as they build, and providing guidance that is practical, responsive, and grounded in how early-stage companies operate day to day.

We appreciate the trust Jennifer Whitlow, EdD and Fusen World have placed in Jeffrey Bekiares and our team, as well as the opportunity to work with a team that operates with a clear and disciplined view on company formation and growth.

Address

Atlanta, GA
30305

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Founders Legal posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category