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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. Outside the U.S. Trademark registration is optional, but has significant advantages if approved.

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What Is a SWOT Analysis?

Up and Running

Tangible assets of the company , such as capital, credit, existing customers or distribution channels, patents, or technology. What about shifts in consumer behavior, the economy, or government regulations that could reduce your sales? What advantages do you have over your competition? Manufacturing facilities?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

Gust

To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States. It should also make it clear why being a publicly traded company in the United States is a major undertaking that devours a decent chunk of financial, legal and senior executive resources.

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The Law on Fonts and Typefaces: Frequently Asked Questions

crowdSPRING Blog

Many people do not understand the law governing the use of typefaces and fonts. Under the 1976 Copyright Act (United States), the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the work. Typically, your right to sub-license a font is governed by the EULA.

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Export Online Without Frontiers: A Global Map of B2B Marketplaces

The Startup Magazine

That could be a standard sale contract, i.e. buy and sell single items or batches, or a partnership agreement, i.e. contract manufacturing, sales agency, or distribution agreement. B2B Platforms in the United States. Instead of Asia, you may want to target the largest market on the planet, i.e. the United States.

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The State of the Crowdsourcing Union, 2011

crowdSPRING Blog

Turk was among the first platforms to truly leverage the power of a distributed workforce and to demonstrate that providers around the world would happily participate in such a model. The United States Government. is the first company to devise s system to effectively crowdsource SEO (search engine optimization) services.