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6 Landmines To Avoid In Web Development Contracts

YoungUpstarts

Who is liable for possible intellectual property rights infringement? The creation of a web site will involve many intellectual property rights issues. You can protect yourself from this kind of liability, as well as other liabilities relating to the web site, with appropriate disclaimers and limitations of liability.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

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.

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Splitting Startup Equity for Your Piece of the Pie

Startup Professionals Musings

Pre-existing intellectual property. Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. Tags: splitting equity entrepreneur startup co-founders business. Building a product doesn’t get it distributed and sold. Marty Zwilling.

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[Review] One Simple Idea

YoungUpstarts

My favorite story in the book was how an inventor looked to bring meaningful change to the old children’s game of tag, and how by incorporating infrared technology into the game – what we now call a mash-up – led the the creation of Laser Tag.

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Intellectual Property is More Than Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most people think only of patents. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation. Tags: startup domain name patent trademarks business. Here are some specifics: Company name. Marty Zwilling.

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No, that IS NOT a competitive advantage

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Innovative design and intellectual property are no longer long-term competitive advantages. There's too much energy, availability, intelligence and opportunity in the world to hide behind outdated notions of intellectual property. Tags: Essays competition introspection positioning strategy.

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To Outsource or Not to Outsource Software

Startup Professionals Musings

Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property. Tags: startup software outsource offshore business. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations.

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