What drives innovation?

By Ian Lindsay, Wadeson Patent

Enforcing confidentiality agreements and NDAs

Is it worth going to the trouble of pushing potential investors to sign a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement (NDA)?It’s a question commonly posed by many startup founders. Particularly given the fact that many potential investors will flat out refuse.Even so, Gadens partner Richard Partr...

Accelerators, incubators, and you

For startup founders trying to get their idea off the ground accelerator and incubator programs can be a big help. So what’s the difference between incubators, accelerators and hackathons? IncubatorsProvide access to cheap working space shared with other startup founders.Enter any time.Unstructur...

Five things start-ups need to know about protecting intellectual pr...

The early stages of a start-up business can be a minefield. Avoid potential battles later on by considering at least these five intellectual property essentials and common misconceptions about them.1. Signed non-disclosure agreements are not always practicalAs lawyers, we generally prefer to see ...

What intellectual property is created in the development of a web a...

So you’re a startup founder who’s just developed a new web application. What intellectual property is created and is it worth protecting?Elevation Legal’s Sam Wong says, under Australian law the software produced will generally be protected by copyright, provided that it is original and no infrin...