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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. As I grew to understand the careful and strategic practice of recruitment, I developed an ability to make tough decisions quickly. What’s important is to correct them quickly.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Ran reports through a IP lawyer, they were all taken or didn’t sound good. Peacock didn’t sound as good but Conure another name for parakeet sounded good and passed the IP/trademark test. It all started with a bar of natural traditional soap that was developed to treat my sons infantile eczema. Thanks to, Conure, LLC !

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

The importance of the conference is that it assembles most of the top privately held early-to-mid-stage technology companies in the country (and some globally) as well as most VC’s, growth equity funds and corporate development departments from large industry players looking at technology acquisitions. Revenue of ~$160mm in 2008.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Earlier in his tenure at IV, Mr. Barhydt successfully designed and implemented the targeted patent acquisition program and developed processes and metrics to improve licensing operations. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr. Chernesky held management positions at Intel in areas such as intellectual property licensing and business development.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. Years ago, Six Apart invited me to be a part of some kind of developers program without telling me what it is. What folks should remember is that an NDA is just another contract whose terms may be negotiated.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started. million, then $5.9m, $7.7m