Intellectual property in a startup.

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Asked me to write why people vspotykayutsya available at the beginning of start-ups about intellectual property and its protection. By definition, we assume that the reader do not have the basic knowledge, so ask all more or less advanced forgiven for presentation prostototu. In this case we suspect the entrepreneur wish to commercialize their intellectual property on a global, not local markets.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.

ownership of intellectual property, intellectual product included in the collection of copyright law and inventive. Intellectual property refers to the literary, artistic, scientific works, performances of actors, sound recordings, radio and television, inventions, discoveries, trademarks, trade names, industrial designs, new products.

Thus, if a person has an idea, technology or invention, it is necessary to protect.

Before you defend him, you must make sure that he did the first man who thought of it. To dispel all doubts should conduct a patent search. This is done with the help of patent attorneys, as well, in order not to waste time in vain, if it is very good tools. Here are two. First - this is a simple Internet search for key words, for example, using Google. The second tool is more complex (or simple, as anyone ):. Google lets you search among existing patents. If both of these search revealed that there is no publicly available information on the results of your intellectual property, it means that it is very likely that you did the first who thought of this idea.

Then there are two options: do it yourself or hire a specialist ( patent attorney ). I will tell you latter method, the first distinguished only by the fact that all the actions you have to do yourself.

Most likely at this point you are ready ( have to conduct additional calculations or studies ), or you do not have currently a few thousand dollars to apply for a patent. Therefore, should submit a preliminary application. This application - svoebrazny stolblenie territory. ... In fact, there is no difference in which country to submit such an application (we recommend you apply it in the U.S.), more importantly, that the country abide by international law.

Next, we recommend that you contact a patent attorney. This should be to ensure that the wording of the application, first, covers the main key points of your intellectual property, and secondly, did not allow competitors to avoid the possibility of your future patent, and third, protecting your intellectual property in those markets where you are going to . Patent lawyer organizes patent search ( he can do it myself, and can attract third company. After that, it helps you to formulate an application as required and submit it to the Patent Office. The whole procedure takes from two to six weeks and costs from 500 to 1500 U.S. dollars. It all depends on the complexity of your invention and your understanding of the future application of its.

At this point you can make your intellectual property in humans. Do you have a year to apply for a full patent.

In all this there is one problem: You have to discover the essence of your invention and the filing of the application you can boost up the competition in this area.

Ideally, you should try to separate the protection of your intellectual property into two parts: a patent which protects the principle and application of inventions and know-how, without which it can not be realized.

Know-how.

- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Know-how (from. English. know. how. - Know how) - proprietary technology, knowledge and skills that are not yet widely known and can be traded or used to achieve a competitive advantage over others.

Thus, you have the opportunity twice to protect its intellectual property. This will allow you to develop the project and its implementation to involve third parties, as well as easy to communicate with investors, which will also see that the intellectual property, based on which to build your company is protected.