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  • Do people really steal invention ideas?
    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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  • How effective is an NDA in protecting small enterprises?
    Contracts Hi. Generally speaking, how effective are NDA agreements in protecting ‘David’ against ‘Goliath’ where a small enterprise is presenting an origina...
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  • What are the merits of filing a patent before the end of the grace period?
    Patents I was told that for some patents you have a 1-year grace period before filing them. What would be the reason then to file for a patent before it is...
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  • How to Sell an Incomplete Mobile App???
    Other Hello, IPnexus viewers. I hired an app developer to create a Mobile App Game, however, he and I were not seeing eye to eye. I am left with an incom...
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  • How should we do market research without compromising our IP?
    Business strategy We have developed a prototype AR device that is built for professional design and manufacturing applications. We would like to field-test the devic...
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  • Copied website design - what can we do legally?
    Copyright Another website company mirrored our design for the same company as their own. My company designed and developed a custom website for a compa...
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  • Can I use my competitor's trademark in my product description?
    Trademark For instance Facebook is a trademark. If I start another social network tomorrow, Is it legal if i use description like "In a nutshell we are an...
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  • How would I go about copyrighting my app for release and beta testing?
    Copyright I would soon like to publish my app for beta testing and release, my only question is how would I prevent a beta tester from stealing my idea or st...
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  • Registering a trademark
    Trademark There are a few questions about trademarks, and the answers seem to indicate that it is best to hire an attorney. The US Trademarks web site see...
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  • Why is it a mistake to apply for wide patent protection?
    Patents I recently read this online that a common mistake that startup entrepreneurs make is "seeking a wide variety of patent protection that later turns ...
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