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  • Article 35 -non-exclusive license
    Litigation Article 35 in Japanese IP law allows a company to claim a free non-exclusive license from a patent obtained by an employee if the patent is in the ...
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  • Article 35 Japanese IP law - non-exclusive license claim
    Patents What are the odds of a Japanese company using Article 35 in Japanese IP law to obtain a non-exclusive license from an employee’s patent if the pate...
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  • company claim to shop rights
    Patents How easy is it for a company to claim claim a free non-exclusive license from an employee’s patent using ‘shop rights’ in the USA?
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  • Patenting an IDEA
    Patents I have an idea that is not entirely new but when applied to another industry, it has not been done before. Can it still be patented? And it seems p...
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  • Startup founder salary
    Business strategy I have heard from an angel that many investors expect startup founders to refrain from drawing a salary. In your professional experience, what is t...
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  • Patent in another country
    Patents We are developing a mobile app with the intention of launching it in our country while to host the server in India. We are worried about the patent...
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  • Paternity leave in Japan - logistics?
    Employment In Japan, I heard you can take 1yr of paternity leave from your company. How does this work, what benefits do you get, and are there any restrictio...
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  • Is location important regarding online copyright infringement?
    Copyright If we run a website on servers located in country A, and a user in country B uploads material that infringes the copyright of someone in country C,...
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  • Can a patent exclude others from patenting an improvement?
    Patents If we manage to obtain a patent for our technology, could someone else apply for a patent if they developed an improved product based on our tech? ...
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  • Incorporation costs
    Business formation If you need things like founder vesting and other terms that require a lawyer, how much should incorporation cost?
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