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Infringement
Hi! I have heard that many agricultural and food products in Europe, like Champaign from France or Blackforest Ham are protected under something ca...
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United States
Patents
The company acknowledges the inventor's status, but left out the name in the application due to an on-going dispute between inventor and company. I...
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Netherlands
Employment
Can we require contractors to sign our company's handbook, policy & procedure, and other informal employment documentation? Would this mean we are ...
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United States
Fundraising
I am interested in receiving an SBIR grant for an early-stage startup. What kind of professional help is available in terms of strategy, business a...
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United States
Copyright
Hi! I have produced and published an online class that seems to have been copied by someone for his Udemy course. He produced everything new, so it...
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United States
Business operation
Our development team is spread across the globe, with a small group of full-time developers based in Australia, the UK and the US. We also have a c...
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Patents
Would it help to protect against patent infringement lawsuits from US-based companies if a startup is based in another country? Or does this not ma...
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United States
Employment
How can we make sure that developers who leave the company do not take any essential tech or information with them that could benefit our competito...
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Australia
Patents
What is the best way to start a software patent search? We have been developing our product for a while, and I'd like to get an idea of what the la...
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