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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. 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. How does all of this translate into legal documents for the typical startup?

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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. What is a huge success for me in the terms? Lock down rights and security. Due Diligence.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Are These Your Slides? We made sure our competitor knew this.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

Coming up with an idea or inventing a product is a process that takes commitment, dedication, and self-belief. Ultimately, inventing a product or coming up with an idea means one thing: solving a problem, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. What product doesn’t function like people wish it would? Step 5: Protect your idea.

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

Steve Blank

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. You can protect business processes, know how, customer information, product road map. If your product is software, copyright is also used to prevent someone from stealing your software and reselling it as machine and/or source code.) Copyright protection lasts practically forever.

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Tips For Protecting Intellectual Property

YoungUpstarts

Once a patent is filed, others can create similar products using workarounds without violating any intellectual property rights. Have Employees Sign Non-Disclosures. If you work with a team or have employees, it is important to have them sign non-disclosure agreements to cover the security of your intellectual property.

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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

What the final product looks like (e.g. Stipulate who owns the finished work product. Settling on this at the beginning of the project can make for a more productive relationship. For example: A non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Be sure to include things like: Primary responsibilities (e.g.

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