Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. are eliminated during due diligence. MORE >>

There are a few ownership concepts in intellectual property law that are critical to know. proper assignment clause looks like this: [NAME OF CONTRACTOR] hereby assigns and agrees to assign to [NAME OF YOUR COMPANY] all right, title and interest in and to the [NAME OF THE WORK] and all intellectual property rights therein. MORE >>

Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Behind most great startup success stories is a long list of mistakes! You should buffer the first by 50%, and the second by 25%. MORE >>

Register some intellectual property. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Sell one. MORE >>

A repeating theme on iplawforstartups.com revolves around the question: “Does my company have intellectual property?”. Little did they know that the tattoo artist had taken steps to protect his intellectual property rights in the tattoo. Our resounding answer is always, “Yes!”  Hilarious, correct? Not tattoos! Heather N. MORE >>