[ilamont]

when talking to an IP attorney can go for $200+ an hour.

It's at least 2x where I am (Boston area). I heard that some firms used to cut a deal for equity but I am not sure if that's still a thing.

I wouldn't stop creating things. It's possible to change something in response to a legal challenge.

[ditherblur]

I'm near NYC and I see rates going for $900/hr but I also saw a few near me going for $200 but quality would prolly vary a lot. I know this is why companies have whole IP departments because it's just cheaper to have them in house but still $200 is a lot for when you're bootstrapping and it could go for more important things like server costs to scale.

> I wouldn't stop creating things. It's possible to change something in response to a legal challenge.

Could you expand more on change? I feel like there's still a lot of risk since that's assuming they're nice enough to just send an angry email but maybe they decide to seek damages and so on where the whole bootstrapped business dies and all the effort goes down the drain but I'm almost prolly just overly anxious since the chances of that happening is lower.