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  • What happens to the IP when the company is shut down?
    Copyright A startup I know was recently closed down by its investors. What happens to the technology that the startup had developed in this situation? I pres...
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  • IP of closing startup
    Contracts Me and my co-founder are about to dissolve our startup company. We have 50-50 partnership and completely self funded. We would like to go our separ...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2334 Likes: 6 United States
  • How should we do market research without compromising our IP?
    Business strategy We have developed a prototype AR device that is built for professional design and manufacturing applications. We would like to field-test the devic...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2548 Likes: 3 United States
  • Prior art considerations
    Patents What do we need to consider relating to ‘prior art’ if we decide to publish information about our product before patent application? Is it OK to d...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2362 Likes: 4 Hong Kong
  • Protecting our IP
    Contracts How does it work for IP if someone in the team is part time only? Can we require they don’t also work for a similar competitor company in their con...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2288 Likes: 2 Hong Kong
  • PCT claiming priority of CIP
    Patents Hi, Can you please advise? We filed a utility application in the US about 14 months ago, 4 months later we filed a CIP claiming its priority and 1...
    Answers: 1 Views: 14685 Likes: 8 United States
  • filing pro se
    Patents Does the USPTO communicates directly with international inventors, either by email or mail?
    Answers: 1 Views: 2666 Likes: 2 Israel
  • How can I secure my invention before giving it to a company?
    I am an undergrad engineering student yet to obtain a degree. I had developed a device which has been done before, but I devised my own method and ...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2364 Likes: 3 United States
  • Should I launch an MVP and patent or copyright it and then look for funding or should I expose the idea to investors first?
    Patents I'm currently developing a software system which helps educational sector. I'm having a really tight budget. I'm in a flux that should I first copy...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2832 Likes: 2 United States
  • How do I find out if a patented invention is being used somewhere?
    Patents f a patent is being used by a firm or in any industry, how can I learn if it is actively being used? Meaning, if it is useful or not? we are ve...
    Answers: 1 Views: 2625 Likes: 3 United Kingdom