Understanding how intellectual property laws work will help you to understand how best to protect your own work. A fringe benefit to understanding these laws is that you will also understand how to avoid stepping over an intellectual property line without knowing it:
Protecting your work with IP laws
Why you should care - Business-destroying patent trolls
A discussion about IP laws may seem far removed from the topic of lean development, especially for developers who are still in the early stages of MVP creation. However, the business world is brutal, especially when large sums of money are involved.
In the tech industry, patent demands and lawsuits are a commonplace, and it is no secret that they are frequently used as weapons...