Every startup wants to dominate the market. Intellectual property is the only legal monopoly. The mode of protection (copyright, patent, trademark, know-how) is just a way to protect a technology, not a goal. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how to get a legal monopoly and cost 30% more with the same product.
When you are a startup, you have to trust a lot, because the founder cannot afford full compliance when he hires people and contractors. Hired people will have full access to what a startup consists of: creative ideas, concept, code, and everything else. This does not mean that you cannot hire employees or attract contractors (there is no choice, you need to hire) - you just need to organize the work correctly.
In this article we will talk about the minimum steps required to:
feel calm and not afraid of an audit of intellectual property by investors
be ready to talk with the investor , showing the purpose of the project's work with intellectual property: both from the product side and from the team side
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