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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed last week ), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are relevant to most startups. Intellectual property.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. It’s often possible to “ design around ” a patent to operate a business that achieves similar results in different ways.)

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5 Ways To Manage Intellectual Property For Startups

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP) is a primary business component for many entrepreneurs. However, intellectual property differs from other company assets in the way that it is not tangible. Since it is not a piece of physical property, many entrepreneurs neglect to realize its value. Develop An IP Strategy.

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Common Intellectual Property mistakes made by startups

NZ Entrepreneur

This article is the third of a three-part series by Baldwins Intellectual Property that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. What is intellectual property? Intellectual property is about creations of the mind.

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Playing With Fire – ChatGPT

Steve Blank

In addition to its outstanding performance on what it was designed to do, what has surprised researchers about ChatGPT is its emergent behaviors. Intellectual property lawyers are already arguing who owns the data these AI models are built on. (Look at the links and realize there’s no going back.) Even by its creators.

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How To Find the Right Co-Founders?

Steve Blank

They seem to know the right mix of skills on their founding team is a hacker, hustler and designer. For example, if you’re building a mobile app, then the key activities are: app software development, user interface design and demand creation skills. But what about for us, a consumer hardware hardware company?

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Patent and Intellectual Property Protection for Startups

The Startup Magazine

An invention with great commercial potential; a catchy business name; artworks and innovative designs. Intellectual property is the most important asset of many start-ups. Here is a summary of the main forms of intellectual property protection in the UK. Patents protect inventions. Patents protect inventions.