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  • Should our startup accept Bitcoin payments?
    Financial services We are sometimes asked if we are planning to allow bitcoin payments. What are the Pros and Cons here? Are there any legal issues we should consider?
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  • 3D Printing piracy issues
    Infringement As a provider of 3D Printing & Scanning software, what are the IP piracy issues we could face? Do they change if we decide to offer actual 3D Print...
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  • trademark application in Brazil
    Trademark Hello! I'd like to know what a trademark registration in Brazil usually costs. How about legal fees?
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  • Japanese Software Patent
    Patents Hi! Thank you for your great replies to my previous question! We are a startup company based in Taiwan. Our core business is the development of ...
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  • Trademark Research Software
    Trademark Hi! We are considering expanding the coverage of our trademark. Is there any software that can help us with trademark research in other jurisdictio...
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  • Venturing or licensing an app
    Fundraising Hello! I have developed an app prototype that facilitates an LTE/WiFi interface between smartphones and smartwatches. I would like to bring the ...
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  • German company – which type for foreign investors
    Business formation Good afternoon! I would like to ask another question, thank you for your interest! We are a startup still in the phase of developing our core p...
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  • Outsourcing software development
    Business strategy Good afternoon! For our startup, we would like to hire external IT professionals to take care of some of the coding and testing workload. We were ...
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  • Open Source and proprietary products: how to secure our IP
    Copyright In case our product includes code from open source software, does that restrict us in protecting our IP? The OSS licenses in question are BSD and G...
    Answers: 2 Views: 1507 Likes: 0 United Kingdom
  • Incentives to hire the best people on a startup budget
    Employment Hi there! We need to grow our team with software developers and other professionals. However, as a startup, our finances are limited. How can we ma...
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