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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...
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United States
Employment
Generally, are stock options the smart way to go, or is a new (not well off) employee better asking for straight compensation according to the rol...
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United Kingdom
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...
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Hong Kong
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...
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Hong Kong
Business strategy
Does anyone have any experience with crowdfunding campaigns? Are these a good alternative to seed funding for health/fitness hardware in the UK? I...
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United Kingdom
Copyright
How can professional designers best protect against unauthorised use of images, especially on the Internet? We have the usual disclaimers etc. but ...
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United Kingdom
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...
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United States
Trademark
Hello, nice to know your website (just found out).
Four months after having applied for registering the trademark (in the European Union) of my ...
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Italy
