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Business formation
If a potential shareholder/co-founder has a patent that may be useful for the company, should I negotiate with them to assign the patent or a licen...
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Contracts
What is the common agreement for intellectual property rights assignment and compensation for founders of a company? How about employees?
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Business strategy
How much should a CTO know about intellectual property laws and litigation? What are some good resources for learning?
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Patents
Why didn't Uber or Airbnb patent their process to prevent copy cats from emerging? Or did they get the patent but others found smart ways to get ar...
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Patents
If a person tells me non-confidential information, or presents me with non-confidential information, and I use part of the knowledge I received the...
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Patents
If a provisional patent is filed in the USA, but the full application is never filed, does the provisional patent become public knowledge?
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Employment
If a co-founder’s contracts do not cover intellectual property, and there is not an employment agreement or NDA in place, can the co-founder claim ...
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