Term: Trademark Pillar: Intellectual Property 💥 Definition:A trademark is a word, phrase, logo, or symbol that identifies your business and sets it apart from others. For AI founders, your trademark could be your product name, the logo on your SaaS dashboard, or even a catchy tagline you use in marketing. Trademarks protect your brand identity—so no one else can confuse customers by copying your name or look. 👉 Sample Contract Clause (in Terms of Service): “Company name, logo, and all related product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the Company or its affiliates. You must not use such marks without the prior written permission of the Company.” ❓ Have you filed any trademark registrations for your business yet?

Let's get to know each other! Comment below sharing what type of AI business you run, what is one legal issue that you need solved, and something you like to do for fun. 🥳 I will start. 🙋🏻‍♀️ I am Attorney Tatyana building BusinessAttorney.ai to help AI entrepreneurs legally protect their businesses. My biggest legal issue is the speed with which the AI world is changing and trying to keep up with all the laws to keep our contract templates relevant for you, guys. For fun, I love doing things outdoors: hiking, biking, skiing, etc. 🏔️

Term: Intellectual Property (IP) Pillar: Intellectual Property 💥 Definition: Intellectual property is anything you create in your business that gives you a competitive edge and can be legally protected. For AI founders, that could be your code, your trained model, your dataset, your brand name, or even your secret sauce workflow in n8n. Think of IP as the invisible assets that make your company valuable—even more than the hardware you run it on. 👉 Intellectual Property Ownership Clause in a Contractor Agreement: “Contractor agrees that all work product, code, models, datasets, documentation, or other materials created in the course of providing services shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. Contractor hereby assigns to Company all rights, title, and interest in such work product.” ❓ What part of your business do you think would be the most valuable IP if an investor asked you today? (inspiration credit to @Michael Wacht)

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Most founders think “I bought it, so I own it.” Not quite. The fastest way to tank your valuation—or let a contractor walk off with your code—is skipping the IP basics. In my new video, I break down (tactically, not theory): - 🔤 Trademarks: naming that actually protects your brand (™/℠/®—when to use which) - © Copyrights: the “work-for-hire” myth + how to lock down contractor-created assets - 🛡️ Trade secrets: prompts, datasets, and workflows—what to share vs. keep in the vault - 📥 DMCA takedowns: how to get copycats removed from platforms (fast) - 📃 Licenses: internal vs. commercial use, per-user vs. enterprise, and open-source “gotchas” (MIT/Apache vs. GPL) - 👉 Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79SVy_yNlbY Question for you: What’s the one IP area you’re least confident about right now—trademarks, contractor ownership, or open-source compliance? Drop it below and I’ll point you to the right next step.