What Founders Legal does

Founders Legal (legal entity: Bekiares Eliezer LLP) is a boutique intellectual property and technology law firm founded in 2013-2014 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm operates a distributed (remote) law firm model and serves thousands of clients nationwide, with particular focus on startups, venture-backed growth companies, and small-to-mid-cap enterprises across SaaS, consumer technology, entertainment, and adjacent verticals. Its practice spans patent prosecution and strategy, trademark, corporate and technology transactions, entertainment law, and data privacy, anchored by a named-partner team that includes Jeffrey A. Bekiares, David Pierce, Yuri L. Eliezer, and others with measurable prosecution outcomes (PatentAdvisor Efficiency Score of 67.4 versus an industry average of 40-60, and a 98.4% design patent allowance rate in TC 2900).

The firm's underlying technology stack is centered on productized, AI-assisted patent search services. Through a collaboration with the Patent Quality through AI (PQAI) open-source initiative, Founders Legal offers three fixed-fee patent search tiers — a $900 Novelty Landscape, a $1,500 Strategic Novelty Search, and a $2,500 Design for Patentability engagement — translating prior-art and patentability analysis into standardized, scalable deliverables rather than purely hourly engagements. Beyond the patent AI tooling, the firm runs the FoundHERs sub-brand targeting women innovators as a dedicated GTM motion, contributing to ecosystem-level visibility.

Commercially, the firm operates a hybrid fee model combining traditional hourly and flat-fee legal services with the productized patent search tiers. Client logos are concentrated in growth-stage SaaS and consumer platforms (e.g., Calendly, Docebo since 2015, PrizePicks, Qencode, moveBuddha) alongside academic engagements such as Emory University. Recognition includes Super Lawyers listings for partners across 2020-2023. No headcount, revenue, or funding disclosures are available, and the firm is not venture-backed.

Name

Founders Legal

Legal name

Bekiares Eliezer LLP

Website

https://founderslegal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Founders Legal (Bekiares Eliezer LLP) is a distributed, Atlanta-based boutique IP and technology law firm serving thousands of U.S. startups and growth-stage companies across patent prosecution, trademark, corporate, entertainment, and data privacy matters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Intellectual Property (IP) Law (BPAHAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA), Trademark Prosecution & Brand Protection (BPAHAMAB), Music Legal Services (Artist/Label/Publishing) (MPAIAGAE)

Keywords

• Intellectual property law
• Patent prosecution services
• Trademark registration services
• Corporate legal counsel
• Technology and data law

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Legal Services: Hourly billing for legal counsel across corporate law, IP law, litigation, data privacy, and entertainment law. Clients include startups, growth-stage companies, and established enterprises.
2. Patent Services: Patent prosecution, search, and prosecution services including provisional patents, utility patents, design patents, and international filings through PCT.
3. Patent Search Services: Tiered patent search services ranging from $900-$2,500: Novelty Landscape ($900), Strategic Novelty Search ($1,500), and Design for Patentability ($2,500).
4. Trademark Services: USPTO trademark search, application filing, international trademark registration, and trademark enforcement services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Founders Legal is a boutique intellectual property and technology law firm that delivers legal counsel to founders, startups, and growth-stage companies across patent prosecution and search, trademark registration, copyright and trade secrets, business and corporate law, data privacy and cybersecurity, entertainment and sports law, SaaS contracting, partnership building, and IP and business litigation. The firm supplements its advisory and litigation work with proprietary tools such as the free PQAI AI patent search tool and the AIM patent monitoring service.

Product overview

Founders Legal is a boutique intellectual property and technology law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services rather than a software platform. The core offerings include AI-powered patent search (PQAI), professional patent search services, patent prosecution (provisional, utility, design, international), trademark services, business & corporate law, data privacy & cybersecurity law, and entertainment/sports law. The patent services are structured in tiers from basic novelty searches ($900) to comprehensive design for patentability searches ($2,500), complemented by Actionable Intelligence Monitoring (AIM) for ongoing patent portfolio management. The firm also provides industry-specific legal counsel for SaaS businesses, partnership building, and IP litigation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FoundHERs™: Women Innovators in Legal, Tech, and Business

Products and services

• PQAI Free Patent Search Tool AI-powered patent search tool enabling unlimited, free, and confidential prior-art searches across inventions, with downloadable results to help inventors assess patentability.
• Patent Services Patent prosecution services including provisional patent applications, utility patents, design patents, and international patent filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
• Professional Patent Search Services Tiered patent search services for inventors and companies, including Novelty Landscape ($900), Strategic Novelty Search ($1,500), and Design for Patentability ($2,500), each with intake meetings, findings reports, and differentiation analysis.
• Actionable Intelligence Monitoring (AIM) Patent monitoring service that detects when patents are cited by the USPTO to reject competing applications, performs blocked claim analysis, and supports patent prosecution optimization.
• Business & Corporate Law Services Strategic legal counsel covering entity formation, corporate governance, securities and capitalization, capital raising documentation, mergers and acquisitions, and employment/HR matters for companies at every stage.
• Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Law Services Legal guidance on international privacy frameworks including DSAR management, Privacy Officer as a Service, rapid data breach incident response, and compliance with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and GLBA.
• SaaS Business Legal Services Specialized legal services for SaaS companies including contract negotiation, sales process optimization, and enterprise software deal management.
• Business Partnership Building Services Legal services for partnership programs including referral agreements, reseller agreements, sponsorship agreements, and integration/API agreements.
• Entertainment & Sports Law Services Legal counsel for creators, performers, and athletes across rights, contracts, production, licensing, and the full scope of entertainment and sports business ventures, including film, television, music, and sports.
• Business & IP Litigation Services Legal representation in intellectual property disputes and high-stakes business conflicts, including patent litigation, trademark disputes, and complex business litigation.
• Trademark Services Comprehensive trademark services including USPTO trademark searches, U.S. and international trademark applications, trademark enforcement, and defensive actions.
• Trade Secrets & Copyright Services Protection services for trade secrets, including federal trade secret protection, licensing, and employment agreements, plus copyright registration, licensing, and enforcement services.

Quantifiable outcome

• PatentAdvisor Efficiency Score of 67.4 (industry average 40-60)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PQAI (Patent Quality through Artificial Intelligence)coreTechnology or IntegrationFounders Legal collaborated with PQAI to assist in the search tool's technical advisory and development process. The partnership enables Founders Legal to offer free AI-powered patent search services to clients, utilizing PQAI's platform that combines AI technology with 11 million US patents and 11.5 million research papers. This integration positions the firm as an advocate for IP rights of small and medium technology enterprises within the US patent system.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lee & Hayes: Boutique IP law firm emphasizing patent prosecution and trademark services for technology clients. Comparable in boutique IP-only positioning.
• Knobbe Martens: Boutique IP law firm specializing in patent prosecution, licensing, and litigation across technology sectors. Direct comparable in scale and IP-only focus.
• Gunderson Dettmer: Boutique law firm focused exclusively on创业/venture clients across formation, financing, M&A, and IP. Closely comparable as a tech/founder-focused alternative to Founders Legal.
• Bookoff McAndrews: Boutique IP firm focused on patent prosecution and portfolio strategy for startups and tech companies. Closely mirrors Founders Legal's founder/tech IP niche.

Others

• Axiom Global: Alternative legal services provider offering flexible in-house legal talent including IP attorneys. Adjacent disruptor to traditional boutique IP firm pricing models.

Broad incumbents

• Fenwick & West: Technology and life sciences law firm historically serving Silicon Valley startups and public tech companies. Comparable tech-focused IP and corporate offering.
• Cooley LLP: Premier tech and life sciences law firm serving venture-backed companies from formation through IPO. Overlaps with Founders Legal on startup-focused IP and corporate counsel.
• Fish & Richardson: A leading national IP-focused law firm with deep patent prosecution and litigation practices. Compares as a larger-scale incumbent in the same patent/technology IP space where Founders Legal operates.
• Goodwin Procter: AmLaw firm with strong technology, life sciences, and startup practices. Comparable as a broader incumbent serving founder/funder/exec clients across IP, corporate, and technology law.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Premier tech and life sciences firm with deep startup and public-company practices. Overlaps with Founders Legal on founder/funder IP and corporate work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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