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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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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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6 Landmines To Avoid In Web Development Contracts

YoungUpstarts

You’ve graduated from doing business with a handshake to a generic written contract downloaded from the Internet. As the person or entity responsible for designing the site, you can be held liable if your client incurs financial losses as a result of a web site crash. Stern , partner at Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever, LLP.

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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Virtual Data Room Cybersecurity is the Latest Business Opportunity

The Startup Magazine

A viable business opportunity is to present expert business services designed to help companies operate and implement first cybersecurity procedures and measures. Some of the services can include threat and risk assessment, integration, and design, consulting, maintenance and support as well as education and training.

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No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Innovative design and intellectual property are no longer long-term competitive advantages. You live in the era of the flat world where millions of people have access to technology, education, and a powerful sales, marketing, and communication platform (the Internet). Almost anything can be copied.

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7 Reasons To Think Globally While Still New And Local

Startup Professionals Musings

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide. These days the world is a single market. It is both homogeneous and heterogeneous.

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