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

Steve Blank

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. a Non Disclosure Agreement gives you certain rights to protection of your confidential information.) Copyright.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

Copyright is the right to control reproduction and distribution of original works of authorship fixed in tangible forms of expression. (What do you suppose the market value would be of the trademark “Facebook,” its lowercase “f” symbol, or the Facebook.com domain?).

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The Ultimate Inventor’s Guide to Inventing Things

Up and Running

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. The non-disclosure agreement (NDA).