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    Trademark We are a small company providing cloud computing services. We are based in Taipei. A competing startup in Singapore is offering a similar service t...
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  • How should we incorporate our startup?
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  • How do we protect our IP efficiently as trade secrets?
    Infringement Good morning everybody, We are a startup company based in the UK and would like to strengthen our protection against intellectual property theft...
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  • Does our technology infringe another patent?
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  • Trademarking Smells
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  • First step to monetize our technology
    Business strategy Good evening! We are a startup company based in Tokyo, Japan. Our business is the development of technology that facilitates the interaction bet...
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  • Are so-called "patent trolls" a US-only problem?
    Patents Hello everyone! Thank you for your previous help! Just because it has been asked, let me start with it: we are operating out of Germany, but we ...
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  • When is a freemium business model the best option?
    Business strategy I was wondering if anybody can provide input on freemium business models. When is the "freemium" approach of marketing your product the best way to...
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  • Protection of IP during fundraising
    Infringement It seems to be common knowledge that VCs will not sign an NDA, and a startup appears amateurish if they ask for it. Is there any other way we can p...
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