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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 link] Harry.

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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. And one time, I personally got served with a claim that a freelancer had stolen IP and we were being sued for ~$60k.

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

One in 2004 and one in 2006. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. The financial markets quickly gave up more than a trillion dollars. Travel, insurance, and similar industries took huge hits. Sudden change. I started more new companies. One worked, one didn’t.

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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 was 2004 and my wife and I were in New York. Thanks to, Conure, LLC ! Thanks to Vonnie Woodrick, i understand ! #26-

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

David Teten

Chernesky was Cofounder, President and Chief Operating Officer of IPotential, where he brokered patent sales transactions, developed and managed patent licensing programs and completed complex IP consulting projects.

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

Both Sides of the Table

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. Acquired by Amazon for $110m. TechCrunch.

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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. Most NDAs I have seen are very one-sided and have unreasonable time limits, which in the tech sector are sometimes moot. What folks should remember is that an NDA is just another contract whose terms may be negotiated.

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