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428 | Intellectual Property for Founders: Trademarks, Patents, Copyright, and Trade Secrets | James Gourley
Jeff Mains sits down with James Gourley, a patent attorney and IP litigator who has spent 20 years on both sides of intellectual property disputes — from filing patents and trademarks to defending companies against infringement claims. This episode is a practical, plain-English guide to the IP fundamentals every SaaS and tech founder needs to get right before the scary letter arrives. They cover trademark due diligence, the "work made for hire" trap with contractors, the unsettled legal frontier of AI-generated code, how trade secrets actually work, why software patents are getting slightly…
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