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  • How do we pick a lawyer for our patent application?
    Patents We are a Boston-based startup developing a software in the field of medical applications utilizing structural mechanics and CFD analysis. We are lo...
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  • Which TM class (EPO) to use for mobile app?
    Trademark I want to file a trademark application for my SaaS/mobile app at the EPO -- which class/classes should I use? Does the class depend on the subject ...
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  • Co-inventorship with university inventor
    Patents If my company co-owns a patent with a university, and the university's inventor leaves, do I still need a license from them?  More importantly, is ...
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  • When recruiting the founding team, should we use NDAs?
    Employment We are two founders looking for 2-3 more team members to launch our startup. We would like to discuss the business model, product iterations, strat...
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  • How can we convince current customers to switch to support contracts?
    Business strategy We have developed an SaaS product that has been running with some success. Lately we have experienced a spike of customer requests at the end of th...
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  • Using Open Source Software in our own app
    Infringement We are creating a web app utilizing Google Speech2Text (https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/demos/speech.html). We know that we should be awar...
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  • What do you think of the new service Atlas by Stripe?
    Business formation What do you think of the new service Atlas by Stripe? Could you please elaborate your concerns on that to pay attention to beyond what has been me...
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  • Does VC due diligence involve revealing trade secrets?
    Fundraising Does VC due diligence always involve revealing all trade secrets and code? Are there circumstances under which a startup could get VC money whil...
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  • Legal
    Litigation We are US based start up. We hired a service provider in India to get some software work done. We terminated the service within 15 days however the...
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  • How should we pursue the next financing round?
    Fundraising Our company has been operating for 11 months now on a bootstrapping / seed-funded basis. We developed our product range for mobile security apps an...
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