Every LLC and corporation needs a registered agent: the person or service that receives legal documents on your behalf.
Here’s what can happen: A business uses one of the business partner’s home address as the registered agent address (not a good idea in the first place). The partner moves without telling anyone. Six months later, someone sues the business. The lawsuit notice goes to the old address. The business never received it. By the time the owners find out about the lawsuit, a default judgment had been entered against the business for thousands of dollars.
All because of a wrong address.
Check your registered agent information right now. Make sure it’s current. Make sure someone is actually receiving mail there.
If you have more time this month, do the full seven-point business checkup.
Intellectual property is one of your most powerful business tools. If you’re ready to build a strong brand and protect what you create, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
I help entrepreneurs across the U.S. make smart, legally sound decisions about their intellectual property. I’m an attorney in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, but I serve intellectual property clients nationwide.
Ready to protect your work? Book a consultation online at kingpatentlaw.com or call 217-714-8558.
For more information on intellectual property and business law, check out the other posts on this site, listen to my podcast “Spellbinding IP: Patent, Trademark, and Business Strategy” on all major podcast platforms (video available on YouTube, Spotify, and Substack), or follow me on social media at @kingpatentlaw.
Avoid the legal horrors, and keep rocking your IP.
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