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  • trademark protection outside of registered classes
    Trademark Hello! We are based in Singapore. We are currently developing our intellectual property strategy. For this, we would like to register our tradem...
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  • Do I own the IP created by a contractor?
    Contracts Good evening, everybody! I am working with a team of IT and Marketing specialists on an app-development project, which we intend to monetize and...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1435 Likes: 3 United States
  • How do we prevent a large competitor from just implementing our feature?
    Business strategy Hi! When talking to investors, how do we convince them that the feature we propose won't just be implemented by Facebook, or some other big comp...
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  • Registering Trademark despite same-name TLD?
    Trademark Hello! We are based in Singapore. If I register a top-level domain in the United States and in Australia with our brand-name, can others still g...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1497 Likes: 1
  • 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...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1681 Likes: 2
  • Setting up startup company in Singapore?
    Business formation Hi there~ We are a team of IT and Marketing professionals who have been developing a business plan and first product prototypes. We are planning...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1455 Likes: 0 Singapore
  • Using the likenesses of a real person in a game app
    Copyright Hi there! My team and I have launched our game design startup just recently. For or a new game app, we would like to use the names and likenesse...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1628 Likes: 2 Australia
  • Does my technology belong to the university I work for?
    Patents I am a material science researcher and Ph.D. candidate at a public university. In the course of my research, I have developed a technology for whi...
    Answers: 1 Views: 1482 Likes: 2 United States
  • 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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  • Are NDAs useful?
    Infringement NDAs seem to be ubiquitous In the startup world (and I guess it is the same in any IT/High Tech Business environment). I have heard that they are n...
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