Second, prospective foreign buyers and American sellers should proactively think about all of the potential applications of the intellectual property and other assets that would be transferred in a transaction, including those well outside the scope of current product lines.

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You will be amazed at how much you learn about the market, the scope of the opportunity, and the real product features required.

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The sheer scope of what we needed to present as a minimum viable product meant that we needed external capital to get started.

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And although the court said that firms will not be held responsible if they discover only after launching a product that it is being used for illegitimate ends, there is considerable scope for interpretation over what may constitute encouraging copyright piracy.

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