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Choice of Business Entity for a Startup
In Canada business entities considered by entrepreneurs include: (1) sole proprietorships, (2) partnerships and limited partnerships and (3) corporations. Each of these entities has advantages as well as disadvantages. Choice of the entity is usually not irrevocable, and often an initial decision will be made with the understanding that, at the appropriate time, a different form of organization will be used.
Protection of Intellectual Property in a Startup
Aside from competence of management team, control of intellectual property is a major focus of investor scrutiny. The ability to identify and protect intellectual property directly reflects on investor confidence and the resulting access to capital available to technology start-up. Protection of intellectual property assets is available through the law of copyright, trade secrets, patents and trademarks.
Provisional Patent Application Handbook - Do It Yourself and Save
CDN$500.00
This is the 2011 revised edition of USPTO Provisional Patent Application Handbook. This revised edition has been written with the goal of creating a useful, but brief, guide to most important patent issues which are likely to be faced by individuals who wish to file an application themselves without assistance of a patent lawyer, Canadian inventors, Canadian in-house legal counsel, and foreign patent lawyers. The handbook provides step by step instructions on how to prepare a USPTO provisional patent application, how to file a provisional patent application with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, and how to preserve and maintain patent rights. The handbook provides samples of completed USPTO forms to be filed with a provisional patent application, samples of completed provisional patent applications, cease and desist and other patent related letters, patent licensing and other patent related agreements. The material has been completely reorganized, updated and synchronized with the current United States patent laws and regulations.
The cost of Provisional Patent Application Handbook is $500.00 plus taxes. The Handbook is shipped electronically. The Handbook contains patent application forms, samples of completed patent application forms, samples of cease and desist and other patent related letters, and patent related agreements. For this fee you will gain access to the materials that enable you to put together the information necessary to prepare and file a provisional patent application with the United States Patent & Trademark Office. You will also receive detailed filing instructions. If you are a small entity (i.e., an independent inventor or a company with fewer than 500 people) the filing fees due to the United States Patent & Trademark Office will typically be US$110.00. Thus, the total cost to file a provisional patent application would be $610.00 taking in consideration taxes and cost of the Handbook to you.
To purchase the Provisional Patent Application Handbook please click the appropriate ADD TO CART button above. You will be taken to our order processing page, which will collect your contact information before transferring you to our secure payment processing gateway administered by PayPal. You can use your PayPal account to pay or your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express credit card. Once the transaction is completed you will receive an e-mail receipt. Your copy of the Handbook will be shipped to you the following business day. We would be glad to receive your feedback concerning the Provisional Patent Application Handbook once you had a chance to familiarize yourself with it. Your feedback will assist us in preparation of the next year's edition of the Handbook.