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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

Trademarks , which we touched on last week, are brand and product names, graphic logos, slogans, taglines, and other indicators of origin of the goods or services in question. In the Internet era, trademarks and domain names are closely interrelated, and both can be or become extremely valuable.

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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

But he was getting uneasy that as his headcount was growing the productivity of his marketing department seemed to be rapidly declining. competitive analyses, channel and customer collateral (white papers, data sheets, product reviews), customer surveys, and customer discovery findings. I wasn’t surprised.

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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

Ideally, the trademark registration process should begin as soon as you’ve narrowed down a selection of possible marks, including business or product names, logos , and slogans. When is it time to apply for a trademark. Save money by working with an attorney.

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

Government and university sites? A Moz article offers an example of informational modifiers for products: [product name] what is [product name] how does [product name] work how do I use [product name]. In SERPs, Google shows its hand. Individual sites? Aggregators?

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Many Startups Stumble on International Cultures

Startup Professionals Musings

Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities. Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. Watch your product naming. Proceed with caution.

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International Cultures are Key Business Challenges

Startup Professionals Musings

Our own subsidiary, of a major technology company, started to repair and service competitive products in order to maintain our own technical staff and service capabilities. Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. Watch your product naming. Respect local customs and practices.

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Trademark or Copyright – Which Does Your Small Business Need?

YoungUpstarts

They seem similar, but are actually quite distinct, to the point where they’re handled by two different government agencies. Put simply, a trademark is used to protect things like company names, logos, slogans, product names, etc. Trademarks. While trademarks are managed by the USPTO, the U.S.