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Create and Protect

Cooley Protect is a free resource designed by Cooley’s patent counseling & prosecution team.

Cooley GO in Asia offers the same free founder-focused legal resources and document generators that the US and UK ecosystems have come to trust.

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Stock options are one of the most common forms of equity compensation that a company can use to incentivize its workforce. When a company issues options to US employees, there are two types it can choose from: incentive stock options (ISOs) and non-qualified stock options (NSOs).

Non-qualified Stock Options [NSO]

Glossary Term

Non-qualified Stock Options (NSO) are stock options that, when exercised, result in ordinary income tax on the difference between the exercise price and the fair market value of the underlying shares.

Board and Advisors

We often are asked by clients about common terms for stock or option grants for advisors. Advisors are typically business or technical people that lend their time and expertise to a company in exchange for equity.

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Non-qualified Stock Options [NSO]

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