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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

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Today, it can sign one deal with a cloud service provider such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) to replace all of the above. Trademarks , which we touched on last week, are brand and product names, graphic logos, slogans, taglines, and other indicators of origin of the goods or services in question. Intellectual property.

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The Top 5 Intellectual Property Mistakes

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Your name or product name, branding, and customer lists are all valuable IP assets and need protection. And, if you are working with anyone on your business or idea, having work-for-hire and employment agreements will ensure the work done for the company is owned by the company. My business doesn’t have IP.