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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

The idea sat there for a decade until a naval officer named Deak Parsons discovered it, went around to every bureau chief, pounded the table on why it mattered, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, until he got them to cough up a check for $5,000 to fund the project. They were great inventors, but lousy champions. How could the U.S.

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Are You An Internet Entrepreneur In Colorado? Oppose PIPA!

Feld Thoughts

If you are a Colorado entrepreneur and want to be signed on to this letter, please either email me or put your name, company name, and title in the comments. This success story rests on an architecture—both technical and legal—that has allowed for innovation without permission.

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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

YoungUpstarts

Since patents must be publicly registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) however, a licensed patent attorney may provide valuable advice based on the parameters specified in a competitor’s patent. Generally, popular name brands are trademarks. Trademarks. Copyrights.

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Trademark or Copyright – Which Does Your Small Business Need?

YoungUpstarts

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) handles trademark and patent registrations, as well as renewals and disputes. Put simply, a trademark is used to protect things like company names, logos, slogans, product names, etc. Trademarks. While trademarks are managed by the USPTO, the U.S. Xavier Morales, Esq.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. The assets you can protect may include your “core technology&# like source code, hardware designs, architectures, processes, formulas. Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name. Outside the U.S.

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How Black People Leveraged Tech Bigotry to Boss the Blockchain Below the Radar

Austin Startup

in it and that flimsy name-dropping “Blockchain Revolution” book was being published [fyi, that book is garbage], the African-American community has already been quietly working on blockchain/DLT technology and here is where this wonderful article begins. Stuff CNBC and other media outlets don’t want to acknowledge. Natural Language.

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“Visibility” — A Powerful Lesson on DACA and The American Dream from @LeonKrauze

Both Sides of the Table

It is not sufficient for well-meaning people in the administration to stand by and allow racism to emanate from the White House in the name of getting tax cuts or lower regulations. He looked at Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Vogue, etc. Each of their parents came to the United States in search of a life.