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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

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Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. The four types of intellectual property are trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and patents. Trademarks are an easily recognizable form of intellectual property.

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Tips For Protecting Intellectual Property

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It is important to take steps to protect your intellectual property. A simple way to protect your intellectual property is the hold off on filing a patent. Once a patent is filed, others can create similar products using workarounds without violating any intellectual property rights. Avoid Joint Ownership.

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Start-up Tips: Identifying Intellectual Property, Simplified

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I have quite often heard people at the aforementioned seminars ask “How do I patent my company name?”. Intellectual Property, simply put, is a creation of the mind that’s unique. Intellectual Property is all about protecting what’s “mine”. Once you protect your IP, there are several ways you can leverage it.

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Consistent Revenue Growth At Core Of Google’s Mobile Advertising Strategy: TBR

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For Google, programs such as Enhanced Campaigns, the cachet of its brand in advertising, its stable of intellectual property and its army of developers and software thought leaders will help it counter the competition’s efforts to loosen Google’s grip on the mobile advertising market in 2015.

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Three Ways To Prevent Data Loss And Strengthen Cyber Security

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Passwords are compromised on the job in the same way they are for employees’ personal accounts – often through the use of weak passwords that contain information that is easily available on social media sites, such as birthdays, children’s names, etc. Consider online training modules or tips that can help your staff improve password strength.

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A Blogger’s Guide To Trademarks And Copyrights

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Below are some guide in navigating the world of intellectual property, trademark, and copyright. Intellectual Property. Trademark can be categorized as words, names, and symbols protected under the law. So save yourself a future headache and register your intellectual property today. But don’t worry.

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The Legal Side of Entrepreneurship

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Intellectual Property. If a domain name is critical to a brand and the domain is not empty, the best course may be to find a new name. A startup can also use a trademark to acquire a domain; if another party acquires the domain name after the startup received trademark rights that can be incredibly helpful.