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Patents.
Most important is that you talk to new employees when they sign NDAs, so they don't dismiss it as legal gooblydook, like the fine print when get software.
I cover that in my class:
http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/gio/cs207/CS207-6.pdf
Other than having people sign an NDA, how can one protect their idea and still share it, to get feedback and attract investor interest?
Given that having people sign NDAs is a lot of trouble, how can one protect their idea and still share it, to get feedback and attract investor interest?
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tynamite
Patents.
tynamite
Gio
Patents are only effective for visible IP. If you have a process that is better than that of others, you'd better use trade secret, because you won't find out if someone is using the process you patented within their shop.Most important is that you talk to new employees when they sign NDAs, so they don't dismiss it as legal gooblydook, like the fine print when get software.
I cover that in my class:
http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/gio/cs207/CS207-6.pdf
tynamite
Me
Yes but you can't patent trade secrets for obvious reasons so an NDA is all the legal protection there is.
