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  • How to register a trademark + costs?
    Trademark I would like to ask for clarifications regarding different aspects of trademark registration for our business: What exactly do we have to do to ...
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  • business method patents for fintech startups
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  • Patents available for website GUIs?
    Patents Our company has developed an innovative ed-tech website interface and we were wondering if we can file for a patent regarding the design. I believe...
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  • When can we rely on Trade Secret Protection for our technology?
    Patents Hello! We are a US-based IT startup in the field of UAV/mobile device interfaces. I have heard that a lot of startups develop their products withou...
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  • domain name registered by someone else - what can we do about it?
    Trademark What can we do against someone who has a domain name registration that represents our brand name? In the first days of our startup, when we wer...
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  • Is our brand too close to a registered trade mark?
    Trademark We would like to register a trade mark for our company. Some initial searching has turned up another word mark which seems somewhat similar to our...
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  • What exactly is convertible debt?
    Financial services Hi! I would like to ask another question regarding startup finance: I have heard about convertible debt as a tool for startups to give early employ...
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  • What are the best funding options of a technology startup?
    Fundraising I would like to inquire about funding options for technology startups. We are a team based in Boulder, CO. As a research group we have been special...
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  • Can I use U.S.-based servers without violating German privacy laws?
    Hello everybody I am working for a start-up company based in Germany. I would like to know if anybody could share experiences concerning data pr...
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  • What obligations do we have if we use GPL-licensed software?
    Copyright We are using software libraries licensed under the GPL v2 to develop our own server applications. We do not sell nor otherwise distribute any softw...
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