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  • Should we relocate from London to Berlin?
    Business strategy Hi! We incorporated three months ago with two co-founders and two additional team members (developers) in the greater London area. Regarding Brexit...
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  • What does Brexit mean for patent applicants?
    Patents Hello, I would like to know what the fact that Britain is going to leave the EU means for patent applicants/holders. Business as usual? Should s...
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  • What is the difference between GmbH, UG, LTD ...
    Business formation Hi! We are based in Germany and France and would like to know which type of company would be most suitable for a technology startup. Our base of op...
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  • Patent rights assignment
    Contracts Company S used to have a wholly owned subsidiary in the UK (“S-UK.”) S eventually shut down S-UK. S-UK held a number of patent assets. S diss...
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  • Patent rights assignment
    Patents Company S used to have a wholly owned subsidiary in the UK (“S-UK.”) S eventually shut down S-UK. S-UK held a number of patent assets. S diss...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1717 Likes: 3 United Kingdom
  • Can I get a provisional patent in Europe?
    Patents Hi! I have heard a lot about provisional patent applications in the US, which are supposed to be really popular with startups. I'm not quite sure w...
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  • What can we do to keep our main customer to from cutting us out?
    Infringement We have created a prototype for a complex software system with a B2B business model which heavily relies on one major customer. We have signed an N...
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  • Should we protect our technology & design in the US or in Europe?
    Patents We are developing easy-to-use health monitoring devices that combine a first-ever range of different sensors with lightweight appealing design. We ...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1919 Likes: 8 United Kingdom
  • Is a regular trademark application enough? (EU trademark)
    Trademark Hi! We want to register a trademark with the OHIM. The online application seems rather easy, but I was wondering about the classes of goods and ser...
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  • US/UK Patents for innovative streaming service
    Patents We want to market a new kind of streaming software which allows for vastly efficient UAV-to-ground information transmission. We have independently ...
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