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How to Protect IP When Outsourcing Software Development

Up and Running

In outsourcing to hire an international employee, a non-disclosure agreement ( NDA ) is crucial. Your NDA must be worded broadly enough to cover anything under the scope of the outsourced talent’s work, as well as specific enough to clarify what cannot be shared, circulated, or kept by the employee.

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

Steve Blank

Contract, NDA. _. A patent is a government granted monopoly to prevent others from making, using or selling your invention – even if the other parties infringement was innocent or accidental. Red flags: Start of sales effort, Price list, price quotation, Trade show demonstration, Any demonstration not under NDA.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

These might include, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. . For 2 years, I’ve been struggling to think what I can do to help make America functional again, in light of how broken our governance is.

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Gig Economy 2019: Hire Top Freelancers

Transformify

What is the likelihood for the tax authorities to chase the employer for information on the paid fees and is the employer liable for disclosing information as part of monthly or annual reports to a government agency, etc.? Have the personal details of the freelancer been verified? A project can span over days, weeks or months.

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Seeking CEO+team for VC-backed startup: Make America Functional Again

David Teten

Our initial test market: We want to make America functional again by helping our users, such as major advocacy organizations and corporations, promote majoritarian-supported policies, e.g., mitigating climate change, strengthening democracy, enforcing ethics in government, promoting national security, and protecting against information warfare. .

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Protect Your Business Plan Like It’s Your Baby—Here’s How

Up and Running

Many companies in a position to invest in a future business will not sign an NDA; furthermore, it’s likely that your request for them to sign one will give the impression of a lack of professionalism and experience. Most often, business plans are used to raise money and acquire talent. Problems with formally protecting your IP.

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What should I include in an investor provisions summary?

Gust

Here are some thoughts that immediately come to mind: 1) The only types of US companies that have “Operating Agreements” are Limited Liability Companies (LLCs), and this structure is very difficult to use for (a) raising money, (b) issuing options, and (c) governance once things begin to get complicated.