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  • What is the best time to patent our product?
    Patents How early should we focus on patenting our product? While we are still developing, product/market fit is not yet established, so when should we mak...
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  • LLC with pre-existing joint venture
    Business formation I have been participating in a small joint venture for about two years now. About a year ago I formed my own LLC. I figured the remaining JV would ...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1525 Likes: 2 United States
  • Provisional Patents Posting for sale or partnership
    Patents Can provisional patents be listed on the site
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  • How to legally bind users to T&C without registration?
    Contracts I'm running a flash based gaming website. There are some services on the website accessible to users without a registration. How can I legally bind...
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  • How do we know about the protectability of an "idea"?
    Business strategy "Mark [Cuban] is looking for four things: The company’s core competency, why you’re great, how the idea is protectable and how it can scale." Wh...
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  • Can we get a trademark without a legal entity?
    Trademark We are in an early development stage but would like to secure trademark rights for our product. Is this possible before we have even incorporated? ...
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  • How do divide leaving partner's shares?
    Business operation We are an LLC with three partners. One of the partners is leaving, we have reached a buy out agreement. The question is how do we divide his shares...
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  • Using another website's design?
    Copyright We want to use another website's design for our own. Is it legal to do this or are website designs protected as IP somehow?
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  • protecting IP when outsourcing engineering
    Patents We are outsourcing development and engineering. What steps should we take to ensure that we own all IP created by the developers?
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  • How much liability protection can a terms of use on a website offer?
    Litigation If we create a very detailed ToS and liability statement for our website, including terms such as "we're not responsible for any damages in any med...
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