Stupid mistake #2: Not protecting your intellectual property. It’s essential to protect your intellectual property, or you’ll run the risk that someone could steal or copy your idea, brand or product after you’ve put money and effort into it. Stupid mistake #4: Not getting agreements in writing. History MORE >>

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. Patent. MORE >>

Other than a non-disclosure agreement, is there another way to prevent someone else from using the idea (especially when it's an internet startup idea and does not involve a physical product or invention)? Now if you do have some patentable intellectual property, you’ll want to take some steps now. Good luck. MORE >>

We consciously didn’t ask potential customers to sign a  Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Would have getting a signed confidentially agreement deterred this person?&# making use of non disclosure agreement is both expensive and counter productive. See part one for the first time it happened. MORE >>

If the project has an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) the gallery is visible after the NDA is executed. Since we make it very easy for anyone to report potential violations of intellectual property, open galleries also make it easier for other participants to flag problem entries. PUBLIC (open) GALLERY. MORE >>