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Patents
As an early-stage startup we do not have a lot of funding available for patent applications. I have read that trade secret protection is a useful a...
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Patents
After filing a provisional patent application, can the original application be changed or a new one filed if the underlying concept changes? Does t...
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Contracts
What exactly happens to an NDA when the company in the name of which the document was signed ceases to exist? Can this case be effectively regulate...
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Business operation
If I incorporate before outsourcing anything can I write a document outlining everything and make the developers sign it?
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Business strategy
When in the early phase of a startup venture all efforts of a small team of co-founders go into MVP development, marketing/metrics and fundraising,...
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Patents
Does the new "first-to-file" system mean that if two people working together invent something, one of them can file without the co-inventor such th...
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Patents
How long is the time of protection? Does the period between the filing of the patent application and the actual grant count as well? What about the...
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Fundraising
I have a great MVP with first customer metrics and a solid marketing strategy. I know this may seem a somewhat unusual question to an expert, but h...
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