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  • Should our startup accept Bitcoin payments?
    Financial services We are sometimes asked if we are planning to allow bitcoin payments. What are the Pros and Cons here? Are there any legal issues we should consider?
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  • 3D Printing piracy issues
    Infringement As a provider of 3D Printing & Scanning software, what are the IP piracy issues we could face? Do they change if we decide to offer actual 3D Print...
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  • Open Source and proprietary products: how to secure our IP
    Copyright In case our product includes code from open source software, does that restrict us in protecting our IP? The OSS licenses in question are BSD and G...
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  • Establishing a subsidiary in the EU
    Business formation Good evening We are interested in setting up a development/liaison office of our company in Europe and we need legal and business advice. Fo...
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  • IP protection for cloud computing technology
    Patents Hi everybody! I work at a startup company based in Taiwan that develops cloud computing technology. We are interested in marketing our products (mo...
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  • 3D Printing industry - Returning to industrial services
    Business strategy A recent Gartner study stipulates that the hype around consumer-oriented 3D Printing services has reached its peak. Many startups in the 3D Printin...
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  • UK patented product produced in China
    Patents If a patented product of ours is produced by another company in China (no patent) without a licence and sold to one of our UK competitors operating...
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  • Valuation of our IP
    Fundraising Hello! As part of our preparation for starting a financing round, I would like to know more about methods to appraise our intellectual property. Do...
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  • Tax incentives for IT startups
    Tax As a company in the startup phase, are there any tax incentives or exemptions we can benefit from significantly? We are based in Colorado, but movi...
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  • IP protection of 3D Printing files
    Patents Hello everybody I would be interested in if and how 3D Printing files are protected by intellectual property law. By such files I mean STL or O...
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