Week Three: Am I infringing on someone else?

Securing protection is just part of the battle. Even with strong protection, a startup’s business might still infringe the intellectual property rights of a competitor.

Assessing “freedom to operate,” a startup’s ability to conduct its business and not infringe the rights of another, can be extremely costly. And even after extensive analysis, a startup can never be certain that it has freedom to operate.

This week, we’ll talk about the legal and business considerations involving freedom to operate: how do you analyze it, when should you start and to what degree?

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Things to consider

Have questions? Ask them! We’ll cover questions posted here in our live chat. Some specifics to think about might be:

• How do I search for patents that might relate to my product or service?
• How do I know if I infringe a competitor’s patent?
• When can I use content from another website?
• Can I legally reverse engineer another’s product?
• Can hiring new employees cause intellectual property infringement problems?