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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has written several books on intellectual property law.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. ——— While how you iterate and execute your idea is more important than the idea itself, there are parts of your intellectual property a startup does need to protect. See part one for the first time it happened.

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Five signs it’s time to get your business organized

www.greenhornconnect.com

Submitted by Jason Evanish on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 8:31am. 1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. 21) December 2009. (19)

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Singapore’s ClearBridge BioMedics Raises $9 Million Series B

YoungUpstarts

. “We launched our ClearCell™ System for the cancer research market in 2011, and have built up a strong customer base across Asia, Europe and the United States,” says Chen, who added that much of the funding will go towards getting the company’s technology – of which the IP or intellectual property is leased from the National (..)

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The investment that didn’t happen

K9 Ventures

One occurrence of this was in Q1/Q2 2009. While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area. Modista was in talks for being acquired by a major player in the retail space – Zappos.com.

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

David Teten

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Kupietzky has served as CEO and Director of Oversee.net since 2009. From 2001 to 2004, he served as Vice President of Boeing Management Company, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, and was responsible for its IP policy and initiatives.

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Microsoft Buys Skype

Ben's Blog

Shortly after we started Andreessen Horowitz in mid-2009, we, along with our partners at Silver Lake Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, bought majority ownership of Skype from eBay for slightly more than $2B. Ebay might not have owned Skype’s underlying intellectual property. Lil Wayne, Bill Gates.

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