Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

Moreover, patent law in most countries says that software “algorithms” aren't patentable. So lawyers routinely frame a software algorithm as a "system and method" to meet the criteria. This happened to RIM (Research In Motion) , and cost them nearly $650M to recover. It also has to be “novel” and non-obvious.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 10, 2012

They just cost money, so a lot of cash-strapped startups decide to put them off until "later.". If some other company steals your intellectual property, your dreams can give way to lights out, a phone call to the lawyer, and "Who wants some vodka in their Red Bull?". "IP The problem is, these steps are obvious, too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Assign real value to intellectual property. NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Is it cost-prohibitive? A patent may cost anywhere between $10k and $25k depending on the level of complexity of your invention. it will only cost between $65 and $130. There are a lot of patent applications for mathematical algorithms that get rejected during the patent examining phase or maybe later in court proceedings.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

Assign real value to intellectual property. NewCo has filed a patent on one of their software tool algorithms, which is very positive, and puts them several steps ahead of others who may be venturing into the same area. If you are still losing money, skip ahead to the cost approach.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2010

Moreover, patent law in most countries says that software “algorithms” aren't patentable. So lawyers routinely frame a software algorithm as a "system and method" to meet the criteria. This happened to RIM (Research In Motion) , and cost them nearly $650M to recover. It also has to be “novel” and non-obvious.

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Transformify

JULY 23, 2018

Powerful matching algorithms are used to allocate the projects and ensure a stringent and high-quality evaluation process. Writing a winning proposal takes time and effort, and in some cases, the cost is not negligible. What is your intellectual property policy? What is needed for a successful internationalisation?

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

It was a team of two sharp Computer Science PhDs, they had core new technology in the form of the algorithms they ran in the back-end, and also core new technology when it came to the display of information. Modista was the perfect fit for K9. The lawsuit completely killed the financing prospects for Ugmode.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Prior to crowdSPRING, I was producer and production manager in the film and television industry and Ross was an attorney in private practice specializing in intellectual property. After paying moving costs and rent I was left with less than $50 in my bank account. Thanks to Chloe Smith, Forty8Creates. #16

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Perhaps it’s a complex algorithm of all of the above? Despite its recent financial crisis, the WIPO cites Cyprus as a country showing great potential in intellectual property and technology output. Lower taxes and living costs, in comparison to its English neighbour, are what urged this move originally. Dublin, Ireland.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 22, 2015

This is a very important concept: Scalable means a business can ramp up, increase its volume enormously, without increasing its fixed costs proportionately. Patents can protect inventions, formulas, and algorithms. See Also: Intellectual Property: How Do You Protect Your Creations? Lesson 5: Rapid growth costs money.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Weve also done our homework, discreetly, so we really arent worried about having to pivot dramatically on day one or about not being able to handle running costs for long enough to establish the product. Details: So, at the beginning of his post, to him an idea is something worth protecting as intellectual property.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

Humans combine data with algorithms (see here for a list) to train a model using that data. Machine learning algorithms – computer programs that adjust themselves to perform better as they are exposed to more data. Department of Defense has created a dedicated organization to ensure its deployment. But What Is It?

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

The High Cost of Free. While many of our digital services (like Facebook and Google) are free, they come with real costs. Today with algorithms we have a secret black box. Just like last century, corporations claim they can’t tell us what’s inside their algorithms as it’s ‘a trade secret’.

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Seeing Both Sides

MAY 11, 2012

The young company was recently in the news for the release of their latest underwriting algorithm. Since when does a company get big time TechCrunch coverage for releasing a new algorithm? Each of these companies has based their intellectual property on sophisticated machine learning techniques developed by dozens of PhDs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Helpers may be cheaper and quicker to find, but they cost you dearly in managing, coaching and error recovery. Register intellectual property early. Any intellectual property will help, including trademarks, copyrights and domain names. Team strength trumps team size every time.

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