Terms of Service

1. Who you are contracting with

Ankora is a trade name of JRO Florida Enterprises LLC, a limited liability company organised under the laws of the State of Florida, United States ("Ankora", "we", "us"). "You" means the person or entity placing an order.

All notices to us under these Terms are given by email to info@ankorausa.com. We may give notice to you at the email address on your order.

2. The services

We offer the following services, and only these:

• Formation of a limited liability company in the State of Florida, including preparation and filing of the Articles of Organization with the Florida Division of Corporations.
• Preparation of an Operating Agreement.
• Obtaining an Employer Identification Number (EIN) from the Internal Revenue Service.
• Acting as registered agent for a Florida entity.
• Providing a commercial business address in Florida with mail scanning.
• Preparation and filing of the Florida annual report.
• Change of registered agent and dissolution filings.
• United States trademark clearance searches and preparation of an application file.
• Trademark monitoring.

We form companies in Florida only. We do not form entities in any other state, and we do not act as registered agent outside Florida.

3. What Ankora is not

Ankora is not a law firm and is not a tax or accounting firm. Nobody at Ankora acts as your attorney, and no attorney-client relationship is created by your use of this site or by your purchase of any service. Nothing we provide is legal, tax, accounting, immigration or investment advice, and nothing you send us is protected by attorney-client privilege.

We prepare and file documents according to the information you give us. Choosing an entity type, a tax election, an ownership structure or a state is your decision, and if it matters to you, you should take it with a professional licensed to advise you.

Trademarks specifically. We perform clearance searches and prepare application files. We do not represent anyone before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Under USPTO rules in force since 3 August 2019, an applicant whose domicile is outside the United States must be represented before the USPTO by an attorney licensed to practise law in the United States. If that is your situation, you will need such an attorney to file, and we will tell you so before you buy.

We do not guarantee that any trademark application will be approved, that any bank will open an account for you, or that any government agency will act within any particular time.

4. Orders, prices and government fees

Prices shown on this site are in United States dollars and are our professional fee. Government fees are charged separately, at cost, as their own line in checkout, and are remitted in full to the agency that levies them. We add no markup to a government fee.

Government fees are set by third parties and can change without notice to us. If a fee changes between your order and the filing, we will tell you and either charge or refund the difference.

An order is accepted when we send you a confirmation. We may decline any order at our discretion, in which case nothing is charged or everything is refunded.

5. Your obligations

You represent and warrant that:

• The information you give us is accurate, complete and yours to give.
• You are at least 18 years old and have authority to bind any entity you order on behalf of.
• The company will be used for a lawful purpose.
• Neither you nor any beneficial owner is a person or entity subject to United States economic sanctions, and the company will not be used for any activity prohibited under United States law.

You must keep your contact details current, particularly if we act as your registered agent. Service of process and official notices are time-sensitive: if we cannot reach you because your details are out of date, the consequences are yours.

We may decline or discontinue service for any business we are not willing to represent, and we may be required to refuse service to comply with law.

6. Timing

We file with the Florida Division of Corporations the same business day we have everything we need from you. An EIN normally comes back within one business day. Florida normally issues the stamped Articles of Organization within two weeks.

These are estimates based on ordinary processing, not commitments. Government agencies set their own pace and we have no control over it.

7. If a filing is rejected

If a filing is rejected because of an error on our part, we correct it and refile at no additional charge, including any additional government fee. If a filing is rejected because of information you gave us, or because of a name conflict or an agency decision outside our control, we will tell you what is required; any additional government fee is yours.

8. Recurring services and automatic renewal

Registered agent service, the Florida business address and trademark monitoring are annual services that renew automatically on their anniversary date, charged to the payment method on file, at the price then published.

We will send a reminder to your email at least 30 days before each renewal. You can cancel at any time before the renewal date, by email to info@ankorausa.com or through the customer portal linked in your receipt. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period.

If we are your registered agent and you cancel, you must appoint a replacement agent with the State of Florida. A Florida entity must have a registered agent at all times, and failure to maintain one can lead to administrative dissolution. We are not responsible for what happens after our appointment ends.

9. Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. We do not receive or store your full card number. Your use of Stripe is also governed by Stripe's own terms.

If a payment is reversed or charged back, we may suspend service and recover the amount, together with any fee charged to us, before resuming.

10. Refunds

Refunds are governed by our Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms.

11. Intellectual property

The site, its text, design and code are ours and are protected by copyright. You may not copy or reuse them beyond ordinary personal use. Documents we prepare for you are yours once paid for.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability arising out of or relating to the services, however it arises, is limited to the professional fee you paid us for the service in question during the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.

We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, nor for lost profits, lost business, lost data or reputational harm, even if we were told they were possible.

Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for fraud.

13. Indemnity

You will indemnify and hold us harmless against any claim, loss or expense, including reasonable legal fees, arising from information you gave us that was inaccurate or incomplete, from your use of the company for an unlawful purpose, or from your breach of these Terms.

14. Governing law, arbitration and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Arbitration. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the services will be resolved by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, seated in Broward County, Florida, in English. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.

Exception for small claims. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies under that court's rules. Either of us may also seek injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual property.

Class action waiver. Claims are brought in an individual capacity only, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any form of representative proceeding.

For anything not subject to arbitration, the exclusive venue is the state and federal courts located in Broward County, Florida, and both of us consent to their personal jurisdiction.

15. Changes, termination and general

We may amend these Terms. The version in force is the one published on this page, with its update date. Material changes apply to orders placed after they are published.

Either of us may end an ongoing service as described in section 8. We may suspend service immediately if you breach these Terms or if continuing would put us in breach of law.

If any provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them to a successor to our business. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and the Refund Policy, are the entire agreement between us on their subject matter. Neither of us is liable for failure to perform caused by events beyond reasonable control.

You consent to receive communications from us electronically, and agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.