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How to Protect your App Idea Legally and Ideally

When you surf the internet as to how can I protect my App idea, the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) are flooded with legal terms like Non-Disclosure Agreement, Copyright, Trademark, and other such legal procedures and terminologies. But when you read through these articles, what you find is that all these Legal procedures protect you once you launch your App and not your App idea. And even after launch, you will find that there are many visible loopholes through which the individual/entity can escape from the charges. So, let’s cut to the chase and accept that while these Legal aspects may provide some protection to your app, at least your App “idea” cannot be protected legally. When such are the circumstances, it is essential that you protect your idea by sharing protectively and endorsing it to a trustworthy Technology Partner for development. To establish optimum protection of your idea, there are basically two phases that need to be taken into consideration. The first phase is “when you discuss your App idea with potential Technology Agencies” and the second phase is “when your app is under development”. In this blog, we will discuss what an individual can do to protect their App idea in both these phases. Protection of App idea “when you discuss your App idea with potential Technology Agencies”: Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA): It is not known to many, but the NDA can also be signed to protect the conversations and details during a certain meeting. The NDA can be in a form that if a person breaches the contract and leaks the information of the meeting to any other entity other than the ones who are authorized in the contract, then a certain amount can be charged from them. These kinds of agreements can be sent to Technology Service Providers and get them signed from them before you discuss your app idea with them. With such agreements, you cannot ensure that the idea is not leaked to other entities, but in case they do leak your App Idea, you can take legal actions and get fair compensation for the same. Read the full article