Free legal & IP tools for founders

Use these to get oriented before you talk to any lawyer – including me. Nothing here is legal advice, but it will make every legal conversation 10x more efficient.

Quick-Start Guides

• Startup IP Mistakes One-Pager
• Patent vs Trade Secret Cheat Sheet
• Trademark Basics for Software & SaaS

Checklists

• Software Startup IP Checklist
• Open Source Risk Triage
• “Are we patent-ready?” Decision Checklist

Deep Dives (coming soon)

• Patenting AI & ML systems
• Drafting invention disclosures that don’t suck
• Surviving investor IP diligence