Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Please consult with an attorney before making any intellectual property or other legal decisions. Does your business have intellectual property? If someone asked whether or not your business has Intellectual Property (IP) and your answer is “I do not know” or “I doubt it,” you are not alone.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. Intellectual Property. Type of IP. _. Outside the U.S.

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Scott Edward Walker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Over the past six months, my firm has been engaged by a number of startups with significant intellectual property (“IP”) problems. In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm.

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Scott Edward Walker

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

For many startups, intellectual property (IP) is their most valuable asset. Below are the three most common IP-related mistakes that startups make — the first of which I discuss in this brief video with Jason Calacanis. Mistake #2 – Not Assigning to the Company Any IP Created Pre-Incorporation.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Nearly all businesses, whether they are small or large, are comprised of intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets, which can serve as the foundation for commercial success. The World Intellectual Property Organization defines IP as, “creations of the mind,” which, depending on the business, can take many forms.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 23, 2011

When you purchase a commercial font, you are purchasing a license to use the font software. The software that tells your display or printer to show a letter in “Helvetica&# is the font. Fonts may be protected as long as the font qualifies as computer software or a program (and in fact, most fonts are programs or software).

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Overcome intellectual property concerns. Overcome intellectual property concerns. The software that tells your display or printer to show a letter in “Helvetica” is the font. On the other hand, scalable fonts (because they are incorporated as part of a program or software) are protected by copyright.

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