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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. 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. Hence this “Cliff’s Notes” refresher, to be followed by a discussion of why it matters.

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

Steve Blank

Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. You can protect business processes, know how, customer information, product road map.

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

So, if I were going to invent something, I’d probably start by creating an affordable jeweler’s workbench, not least because I’d be able to test it, and because I already know all the distribution channels I’d need to hit in order to sell it. Your sell sheet should include: Your product name. You can usually find it right on the box!

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5 Things You Should Never Say When Fundraising

Up and Running

Almost any attorney can break through a non disclosure agreement, so it doesn’t protect your ideas at the end of the day anyway. Hi, my name is. I completely understand what is going on out there in the entrepreneurial world. It is often survival of the stealthiest, and yes ideas get stolen. Final Thoughts on Fundraising.

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Cloud Tools: Useful PDF Forms For Business and Education

The Startup Magazine

The nondisclosure agreement is a written contract, in which a Disclosing Party binds a recipient of confidential information from releasing it to a third party or to the general public. You can download the non-disclosure agreement form to stay on the safe side. Assignments Sheet.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

Gust

Pick a name for the new legal entity (e.g., and search for its availability as a corporate name, domain name and trademark (all separate inquiries). Advisory board agreements. Small-dollar-amount, routine commercial agreements. Confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements (NDAs). Newco, Inc.”)

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13 Helpful Organization and Productivity Apps For Small Businesses

crowdSPRING Blog

There are templates for everything from project planners and investor worksheets to more fun uses like baby naming apps and wedding planners. Whimsical may have a silly name, but its features are anything but that. How to replicate their benefits for remote workers and distributed teams is a challenge many companies face.