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Contracts
Me and my co-founder are about to dissolve our startup company. We have 50-50 partnership and completely self funded. We would like to go our separ...
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United States
Patents
f a patent is being used by a firm or in any industry, how can I learn if it is actively being used? Meaning, if it is useful or not?
we are ve...
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United Kingdom
Patents
Can an invention be patented if it is created by combining existing available components, but the combination has never been used. And few componen...
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India
Patents
Should the invention be made open source if patent is not affordable or patent the invention? Which is the best approach ?
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India
Employment
I was offered a promising job at a startup. Part of the offer are stock options. There aren't any written details yet, but I wanted to know in gene...
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United States
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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United States
Patents
I have developed an algorithm/software that does a specific task. I want to let the algorithm compete in an academic competition, where the code is...
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United Kingdom
Patents
My question is basically: Do we need to be aware at all times what kind of patents our competitors are filing and if so, how can we do that?
We...
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United Kingdom
Patents
We are working on a product which we want to patent. I know that if the technology gets public we won't be able to get a patent for it. However, as...
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United Kingdom
Business formation
We would like to start a new company. We are based in Germany, but we - the two founders -
are from Australia and the UK. Our first client is loc...
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