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    I sometimes see questions on forums like Quora about how to stop people stealing your invention idea. Does this happen so often in professional exp...
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  • What constitutes 'prior disclosure'?
    Patents This might be a silly question but I’m a bit confused by ‘prior disclosure’ as it applies to patents application. What exactly constitutes this? Do...
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  • Do I want a lawyer to review a cofounder agreement before I sign it?
    Business formation My fellow cofounder sent me a 6 page cofounder agreement. While it may look fine to me, I am not experienced with this sort of thing. Should the...
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  • How effective is an NDA in protecting small enterprises?
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  • Patent protection
    Patents What kind of protection does an Australian patent give in other jurisdictions, if any? If the product is not patented yet in the UK (for example) c...
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  • What kind of NDA is best?
    Contracts We’ve been looking at different NDA’s and I have another question. As a new company talking to potential seed investors is there any reason we wou...
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  • Seed funding document preparation
    Fundraising Can anyone give an idea which are the most important documents for a company in case they decide to raise seed funding? Do the investing companies ...
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