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IP LAW FOR STARTUPS MARCH 27, 2011 Does Your Startup Own the IP Rights to Work Created by Independent Contractors? Every startup CEO who is growing a scalable company should make sure that her startup owns the IP rights to work created by independent contractors. Potential trade secret protection can be lost if no reasonable measures of protection are taken to keep the information secret, like an NDA. simple NDA does not transfer IP rights. MORE >>	IP LAW FOR STARTUPS MARCH 11, 2010 Patent Myths Most “investors” will laugh if you show up with an NDA. In fact, they will likely hand back to you what I call an “anti-NDA.” Why Not? MORE >>	RECENT POSTS FEBRUARY 28, 2012 \| SOFTWARE BY ROB The Inside Story of a Small Startup Acquisition (Part 3) FEBRUARY 21, 2012 \| MCSTARTUP BLOG How to protect your business idea when raising capital FEBRUARY 21, 2012 \| INSTIGATOR BLOG Clean Up Before Raising Funding SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 \| SOCAL CTO NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 \| SOCAL CTO NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 \| DASHES.COM One More Time: No NDAs
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IP LAW FOR STARTUPS SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 Does Your Startup Really Have the Right to Sell Its Software? Many parts of IP law are counterintuitive and defy what people consider “common sense.&#. Payment doesn’t transfer IP rights. MORE >>	THE STARTUP LAWYER MARCH 17, 2010 If I Launched a Startup 10) Consideration for Founders Shares: Cash & IP. 11) Handling of “Lost Founders&# : Lock Down the IP (then Wish Them Well). 1) Length of NDA: 0 pages. Here’s what I’d do in the beginning: Incorporation. 1) Entity Choice: Corporation or Corporation. 2) State of Incorporation: Delaware. Hell Yes. MORE >>	THE STARTUP LAWYER MARCH 17, 2010 If I Launched a Startup 10) Consideration for Founders Shares: Cash & IP. 11) Handling of “Lost Founders&# : Lock Down the IP. 1) Length of NDA: 0 pages. Here’s what I’d do in the beginning: Incorporation. 1) Entity Choice: Corporation or Corporation. 2) State of Incorporation: Delaware. 4) Type of Shares: Common Stock. Hell Yes. MORE >>	STEVE BLANK DECEMBER 10, 2009 Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) Type of IP. _. Contract, NDA. _. Red flags: Start of sales effort, Price list, price quotation, Trade show demonstration, Any demonstration not under NDA. Outside the U.S. Intellectual Property. MORE >>
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INSTIGATOR BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012
Clean Up Before Raising Funding

Make sure every employee has signed a good employee agreement, with an NDA included. Deal with IP Assignment as quickly as possible; you don’t want to leave any loopholes in there that will scare investors away. Contractors need to sign proper agreements, with non-disclosures and IP assignment. (Powered by LaunchBit ). MORE >>

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DASHES.COM | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2011
One More Time: No NDAs

By unusual coincidence, this week I had a number of different folks ask me to sign NDA s about the new projects theyre working on. But signing an NDA ? If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. Anil Dash. Best Of. MORE >>

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WWW.HUMBLEDMBA.COM | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice.

had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. hired a lawyer, and he gave us an NDA template and told us that anyone that had knowledge of our proprietary data had to sign it. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. Check out my newest company. Click here to get priority access. Posterous. MORE >>

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IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010
Weighing the Risk of Disclosure to Potential Investors

But when disclosing the “big&# idea or IP secrets, what are the risks that someone will copy the work or use the IP? Are you disclosing a very general idea that can’t be protected by IP law anyway or confidential information and the detailed specifics of your business plan? Is disclosure worth it? Are they reputable? MORE >>

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MCSTARTUP BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012
How to protect your business idea when raising capital

This “how do I protect my IP” or “how do I protect my idea” question is near the top of people’s minds, and if you are of the technical type, it seems to be question number one. Most investors will not sign an NDA. We are looking for funding from angel investors. In short: stop worrying about this. MORE >>

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept SOCAL CTO | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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