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Tips For Hiring An Independent Contractor

YoungUpstarts

It’s easy to find and hire an independent contractor. Any person or business you hire to do work on your behalf, but not as an employee, is an independent contractor. With your scope of work in mind and your decision to hire an independent contractor, it’s time to find the right person for your needs.

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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. This is often referred to in the creative community as a “ work-for-hire agreement.”.

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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 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. a Non Disclosure Agreement gives you certain rights to protection of your confidential information.) Make sure you have Employee Invention Assignment Agreements. (If In the U.S.

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There’s More To Protecting Your Firm Than Using A Stronger Lock

Women Entrepreneurs Can

Hiring a dedicated IT security professional can help these standards remain routinely adhered to, which is an important thing to get right. On top of that, having staff at a high level sign non-disclosure agreements, no matter how much you trust them, can allow you to sue them for financial liability should they leak their sources.

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The Top 5 Intellectual Property Mistakes

Up and Running

Your name or product name, branding, and customer lists are all valuable IP assets and need protection. And, if you are working with anyone on your business or idea, having work-for-hire and employment agreements will ensure the work done for the company is owned by the company. Everyone will sign an NDA.

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Protecting Your Business Idea

YoungUpstarts

Anytime you decide to bring in someone who does not have a stake in your business idea you should have them sign a binding Non Disclosure Agreement or NDA before you tell them or show them a thing. The document is an agreement between the two of you to keep confident everything about the business. Protect Your Rights.