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  • shield startup from employment IP agreement
    Infringement I signed an agreement with my employer about 3-4 years ago which says that all Intellectual Property I create belongs to the company. I would like ...
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  • Can we get sued for selling software in US when we are located in Europe?
    Patents Our company is based in the Netherlands and most of our customers are in Europe. We have just started selling our SaaS product also to U.S. custome...
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  • How do we protect a device's artistic design?
    Patents Hi, we have designed a wearable device which links to a mobile app. The device measures and collects health data from the user, which our software ...
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  • patent an educational game
    Patents Is it a good idea to get a patent for an educational game that we believe is novel. Is it even possible to get a patent for an educational gaming a...
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  • design patent for 4-yr-old design
    Patents We would like to market a device the design of which we developed about four years ago. At the time, we sold one device in a 'private' sale and gav...
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  • patenting a similar idea
    Patents I would like to launch a business around a specific idea. But a Google patent search showed that someone has already patented the same idea, but th...
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  • How do we make certain all IP rights stay with us during product development?
    Business strategy After some initial prototyping we want to start developing a market-ready version of our wearable device. Besides our core team of three, we are pl...
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  • Patent for Technical Solution
    Patents I have developed a software product that is a new solution to a common algorithmic problem. I think I could build a business around it, but the tec...
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  • Why shouldn't we simply keep our technology secret?
    Patents It seems like obtaining, maintaining and defending a patent for our technology would be costly and time consuming. Yet we are told that early appli...
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  • Protecting intellectual property
    Patents Hello all, I am developing a prototype piece of medical cleaning equipment. I don't have a great deal of funds or experience in IP matters. What w...
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