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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property

The Startup Magazine

They simply didn’t take the proper steps to protect its intellectual property. If you aren’t sure whether you’re sitting on intellectual property, it helps to understand what intellectual property actually means. Think about intellectual property as anything you’d want to copyright, trademark, or patent.

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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. The four types of intellectual property are trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and patents. Trademarks are an easily recognizable form of intellectual property.

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The Importance Of Intellectual Property Protection In Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

If you have ever come up with a unique invention, you may already realize how important it is to protect your intellectual property. The United States Patent and Trademark Office understands this, and works to ensure that applications for new intellectual property are given their due and protected under US law.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. I’m proud to contribute to the effort and always enjoy reading what the other authors have to say.

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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

And hiring an intellectual property attorney may seem like a budget dealbreaker. You will also need to familiarize yourself with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) website to learn how to conduct your search and select the correct application.

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Patent and Intellectual Property Protection for Startups

The Startup Magazine

Intellectual property is the most important asset of many start-ups. Here is a summary of the main forms of intellectual property protection in the UK. You apply for a patent to the UK Intellectual Property Office or the European Patents Office (which gives protection throughout the EU).

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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.) A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. Intellectual Property. Types of Intellectual Property Protection.