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Trademark
I would like to know if there is any advantage to registering a national trademark in the EU before filing an online OHIM application. If I file na...
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Patents
You often hear that for technology to be patentable it has to be sufficiently distinct from the technology already in the market. But how specific ...
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Contracts
If the company changes or goes bankrupt, does this mean NDAs that were signed under the company's name are void?
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Convertible notes
How do startups determine which discount rate to use? I heard that 20% is often used. But what exactly informs the decision? How do we justify it t...
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Patents
While there is an immense amount of publicly available patent documents for any kind of technology, I am wondering how we can use that data in orde...
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Patents
We are a technology start up located in Sweden. I've heard of provisional patent applications in the United States. How is a provisional patent app...
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Employment
I like to code in my free time and create my own software which based on my own ideas, not on my work for my employer. I also create artwork and de...
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Patents
For a patent application including legal and advisory fees how much are the overall costs? What is the best strategy in terms of national applicati...
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Trademark
The original trademark owner is from a different industry sector. Would this in itself allow us to register the same trademark title?
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Fundraising
We are a young startup based in Austin, Texas. So far our startup is comprised only of a small number of cofounders who together have been working ...
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