Intellectual Property Questions

I have an idea for a product that is close enough in concept to my employer's business that they might have a claim on the IP (not a valid claim, IMO, but they have all the lawyers). It's unlikely...

Employers Intellectual Property Subsidiary Legal Entity

asked Sep 8 '11 at 03:07

Kevin Lawrence
277 points

I had a brainstorming session with a friend a year and a half ago, and a lot of great ideas came out of it. I moved on the ideas, starting a company - our product has been on the market for about...

Patent Intellectual Property

asked Sep 9 '11 at 03:24

Riley
193 points

My partner and I are having a dispute. I wanted to know who owns the code in a company with one technical cofounder (me) who has written the entire code. I was the one who came up the idea and...

Co-Founder Copyright Intellectual Property

asked Aug 19 '11 at 03:03

Kap
6 points

I've been working for a company as a contractor for several months. While working for this company, I created some seriously sensitive IP. This is IP that is nigh on patentable. My employment with...

Software Employees Copyright Intellectual Property NDA

asked Aug 26 '11 at 21:13

John
11 points

Ive been employeed by an Advertising agency for coming up on 3 years now as a web developer. Prior to my employment I was a subcontractor hired by this same agency for about 3 years. I have had...

Legal Employees Intellectual Property

asked Aug 27 '11 at 13:00

Patrick
18 points

I'm the sole founder of a startup and I've incorporated a delaware c-corp, but have not yet issued any shares. I'm putting all that legal stuff off so I can focus on product development. Plan is to...

Incorporation Intellectual Property Shares

asked Aug 16 '11 at 10:38

Gman
6 points

I have an idea for two great logos and slogans that I would sell to two different companies if I could afford to get them secured through a reputable attorney. I have an attorney in mind. Is it a...

Legal Intellectual Property Trademark

asked Aug 7 '11 at 04:00

Troy
6 points

I have developed an iPhone photo sharing App on the App store and recently I started interning for a company that makes iPhone games. During my interview I showed them my App as part of my resume...

Intellectual Property

asked Aug 7 '11 at 16:56

Skafia
6 points

Intellectual property is a subject that has far reaching implications for your business. There are several different types of intellectual property that every business deals with. They include:...

Patent Copyright Intellectual Property Trademark Canon

asked Jul 27 '11 at 22:24

Jarie Bolander
11,421 points

Does anyone know of or have contacts for any companies that have products centered around Google’s APIs? We’re looking to potentially partner with a company on a product for Google+ and...

Strategy Google Intellectual Property Partnerships

asked Jul 14 '11 at 02:37

User347312
36 points

My friend and I recently started our own service company. Since we have no technical background, we found a development guy to join our team. We ended up filing for an LLC two months afterwards (we...

Development Legal Intellectual Property Partnerships

asked Jul 22 '11 at 05:21

Mo K.
6 points

I plan on working in the pattern recognition software industry. Some research into this industry led me to read about a company called “Nuance Communication.” According to this techcrunch article,...

Patent Ethics Intellectual Property

asked Jun 14 '11 at 04:28

Amichai
241 points

I've been part of a startup that has so far done nothing or gone anywhere in almost a year. I have pretty much given up on the place but I am curious if I can walk out with an game pitch I created....

Employees Intellectual Property

asked Jun 17 '11 at 06:47

Cochtl
11 points

I have a startup music business where I can produce, but am not limited to, an entire 18-piece big-band ala Hoyt Curtin ("The Jetsons", "Flintstones" etc.) overnight without any recording expenses...

Legal Intellectual Property NDA Music

asked Jun 7 '11 at 11:04

Gregarious
88 points

I recently came up with what I believe is a great idea which builds on a specific technology already existing in the marketplace. I believe it represents a completely new use for the technology and...

Legal Intellectual Property

asked Jun 9 '11 at 15:25

Aaron Lindeman
46 points

Scenario: A one-man, self-funding software developer with a software-licensing business model. Startup is self funding with no revenue anticipated for at least 1.5 years. My query relates mainly...

UK Tax Intellectual Property

asked May 26 '11 at 08:29

Paperjam
394 points

I am in the process to send a service agreement to my clients. I am stating that Intellectual Property related to all promotional material created while in the service agreement by my company will...

Legal Consulting Intellectual Property

asked May 31 '11 at 06:02

Geo
268 points

My niche software developing startup needs specialist developers. I have located an individual in China with proven experience in my field. How can I best go about working with him? I can't employ...

Legal Employees Intellectual Property China

asked May 21 '11 at 07:27

Paperjam
394 points

I learnt today that if an author assigns copyright of his book to a publisher for a fee, the net revenue is taxed as income, not as capital gains. On the other hand, one would normally think...

UK Tax Copyright Intellectual Property Capital Gains

asked May 11 '11 at 02:15

Paperjam
394 points

I'm planning a new software company that will license software to businesses. A lot of R&D will be needed to create the software and indeed, our codebase will be our biggest asset....

Legal Patent Intellectual Property

asked May 14 '11 at 22:48

Paperjam
394 points