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9 Legal Articles
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Ten Tips on Protecting Intellectual Property
allbusiness.businessweek.com— — “So you’ve got a great, innovative idea and you just know this could be the one to catapult your brilliance into a successful business venture.”
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Protecting Intellectual Property
eventuring.kauffman.org— — “Every business has some form of intellectual property. Have you identified your intellectual property? This article will help you identify and protect these valuable assets.”
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The Top Ten (Sixteen) Lies of Lawyers
blog.guykawasaki.com— — In his blog Guy Kawasaki warns of messages from lawyers that entrepreneurs should question or beware!
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Ten Questions with Fred Greguras of Fenwick and West
blog.guykawasaki.com— — Guy Kawasaki interviews a lawyer friend to get answers the most common questions of new entrepreneurs. “It’s very important to make the right decisions in these areas at the start of a company,” Guy say, “so I hope you’ll heed his answers.”
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One Expert's Guide to Avoiding the Black Holes in Brand Licensing
knowledge.emory.edu— — “Licensing your company’s brand may seem like an easy way to generate revenue while gaining marketing exposure, but there are multiple risks inherent in the licensing of brand, trademark, and copyright assets”
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Counterpoint: Patents and Defensibility
blog.guykawasaki.com— — “Three of my buddies who are patent attorneys disagreed with my diatribe against patents as a key component of a startup’s defensibility”
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Why High-Tech Firms Can’t Afford to Ignore Patents
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu— — “The laptop computer you may be reading this on most likely contains between 500 and 5,000 patentable inventions from different firms”
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Protecting Your Company's Most Important Assets
entrepreneur.com— — “Think of your company’s intangible assets as the foundation of your business. Without them, you’ve just got a pile of rubble.”
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How to Protect Your Business Through Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
edwardlowe.org— — According to the Edward Lowe Foundation, no business is too small to avoid or ignore protecting itself from another business using its name, product, service, or invention. There are ways to protect your business from “copy cats”.