IP

Protecting your IP is critical to your company’s future. Ensuring you file necessary patents, obtain trademarks and secure copyright protection can be the difference between failure and success.

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General

Terms of service and privacy policy for the company's website
Who owns your IP
NDAs
Difference between a domain name and trademark
Using open source software
Taking a good idea with you when you leave a company
Consultants and their rights to IP

Patents

Necessity of filing a patent
When to file a patent
Provisional vs. utility patents
Making patent applications public
Determining if your invention is patentable
Filing a patent after disclosing the idea
Freedom to operate analysis

Trademarks

Obtaining a trademark
Difference between a domain name and a trademark

Trade Secrets

Necessity of filing a patent
NDAs

Copyrights

Retaining a license to your IP
Who owns your IP?
Copyright protection
Registering a copyright

Licensing

Granting exclusivity to a reseller, OEM or distributor
License agreement terms
Licensing IP from a university or hospital

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