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Raising capital requires sharing information — and sharing information creates risk. Before a startup pitches to investors, the founders have usually built something worth protecting: original software, a novel process, a proprietary design, or confidential business logic. Once that information is disclosed to an investor, a competitor, or even an advisor, taking it back becomes […]

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Most business owners understand trademark infringement: someone uses a name or logo confusingly similar to yours, and customers get misled. But trademark law protects certain brands from a second and distinct legal threat — one that does not require consumer confusion at all. Trademark dilution protects famous marks from uses that weaken their distinctiveness or […]

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Copyright protects original works the moment they are created — articles, photographs, software code, videos, music, and other creative expression are all covered automatically under U.S. law. But automatic protection and enforceable protection are not the same thing. When infringement happens, the most important question is not whether you own the copyright. It is whether […]

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