PHASE 2 - BUSINESS AND IP DISCUSSIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE IP ASSETS AND LICENSE OF GOFUNDME - WORTH 6 POINTS

We may need to obtain a license from the company called "GoFundMe, Inc." We don't really know if the company "GoFundMe, Inc." owns any trademarks, patents, copyrights or trade secrets.

They are located in Detroit, MI, and they regroup multiple sub-organizations.

As we already have a nice list of our best fundraisers at the company and work with other fundraising companies, we would like to make sure that when Melanie Hope go visit the representatives of GoFundMe, Inc. and negotiate a license agreement with them, she does not reveal any of her confidential/non-public IP. We want to make sure that she does not acquire any of their confidential/non-public IP either.

However, we still want to assess if it is worth pursuing a license or not. Thus, we still need to exchange relevant information to our business while maintaining each other confidential information. What would you recommend us to do to assist her in preparing for her meeting with them?

Question 1 - What information may be disclosed by Melanie Hope?(4 points). Please review each IP carefully and let me know what is publicly available or not. Based on these findings, we will make a list of the IP that can be talked about or not.

Please note that Visions, Inc. has filed multiple CDs and books about coaching and education with the US Copyright Office. Some of her work is already registered. Some of her books have not yet been registered because of COVID-19. Indeed, the employees of US Copyright Office are working remotely and the books mailed to them are stored in a big building. Melanie is afraid that the books will get lost.

Please note that Melanie Hope's company owns multiple issued and pending patents and trademarks under the name Designs for Visions, Inc.

Some of the patent and trademark applications are publicly available and some are not.

Please note that Melanie wants to keep her vision of acquiring the IP assets confidential.

CHECK LIST FOR MY STUDENTS

IP

Public?

Private?

Copyright

Patents

Trademarks

Trade Secrets

Please let me know what Melanie can talk about or keep confidential?

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Question 2 - What precautions should be taken by Melanie Hope to protect her IP during these preliminary discussions?(2 points)

Trade Secrets

Which form does we need?

Any special concerns and/or protocol and/or training that we should recommend to Melanie?

To make sure that Melanie Hope does not disclose improper and confidential information to GoFundMe, we should ensure that the following steps are taken to protect her confidential information. Please give me a list of the mandatory steps we should take and a list of the suggest steps that you would rather us taking as well.

InserPHASE 2 - BUSINESS AND IP DISCUSSIONS FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE IP ASSETS AND LICENSE OF GOFUNDME - WORTH 6 POINTS

We may need to obtain a license from the company called "GoFundMe, Inc." We don't really know if the company "GoFundMe, Inc." owns any trademarks, patents, copyrights or trade secrets.

They are located in Detroit, MI, and they regroup multiple sub-organizations.

As we already have a nice list of our best fundraisers at the company and work with other fundraising companies, we would like to make sure that when Melanie Hope go visit the representatives of GoFundMe, Inc. and negotiate a license agreement with them, she does not reveal any of her confidential/non-public IP. We want to make sure that she does not acquire any of their confidential/non-public IP either.

However, we still want to assess if it is worth pursuing a license or not. Thus, we still need to exchange relevant information to our business while maintaining each other confidential information. What would you recommend us to do to assist her in preparing for her meeting with them?

Question 1 - What information may be disclosed by Melanie Hope?(4 points). Please review each IP carefully and let me know what is publicly available or not. Based on these findings, we will make a list of the IP that can be talked about or not.

Please note that Visions, Inc. has filed multiple CDs and books about coaching and education with the US Copyright Office. Some of her work is already registered. Some of her books have not yet been registered because of COVID-19. Indeed, the employees of US Copyright Office are working remotely and the books mailed to them are stored in a big building. Melanie is afraid that the books will get lost.

Please note that Melanie Hope's company owns multiple issued and pending patents and trademarks under the name Designs for Visions, Inc.

Some of the patent and trademark applications are publicly available and some are not.

Please note that Melanie wants to keep her vision of acquiring the IP assets confidential.

CHECK LIST FOR MY STUDENTS

IP

Public?

Private?

Copyright

Patents

Trademarks

Trade Secrets

Please let me know what Melanie can talk about or keep confidential?

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Question 2 - What precautions should be taken by Melanie Hope to protect her IP during these preliminary discussions?(2 points)

Trade Secrets

Which form does we need?

Any special concerns and/or protocol and/or training that we should recommend to Melanie?

To make sure that Melanie Hope does not disclose improper and confidential information to GoFundMe, we should ensure that the following steps are taken to protect her confidential information. Please give me a list of the mandatory steps we should take and a list of the suggest steps that you would rather us taking as well.

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