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Patents
Since the patent application is already a costly procedure, we would like to calculate in the possible risk of a patent challenge. In your experie...
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Australia
Patents
For an academic study. I used technology that was patented by my mentor and implemented new technical features. Am I barred from publication becaus...
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Trademark
We would like to protect our brand as a registered trademark. We have been using our company name as the brand for our main product, so we were won...
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United States
Patents
If I have a patent which I want to bring into a newly incorporated startup as a co-founder, what is the best and simplest way to do that?
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United States
Trademark
I recently found a company using a logo very similar to my distinctive logo. I sent a generic cease and desist letter and the guy called me and sai...
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United States
Patents
For example, could we present the technology in pitches to investors? What is an investor's take on a provisional patent application?
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Patents
History: five months before filing my application, I made the presentation of a prototype concerning my invention in a science fair.
My attorney a...
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Patents
You often hear that for technology to be patentable it has to be sufficiently distinct from the technology already in the market. But how specific ...
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Patents
We are a technology start up located in Sweden. I've heard of provisional patent applications in the United States. How is a provisional patent app...
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United States
Fundraising
How do we prepare comprehensively and convincingly our IP strategy before meeting a VC? In your experience, what kind of questions will always be r...
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