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Startup Lessons: 4 Companies Facing Product Lawsuits

The Startup Magazine

Here are 4 companies that have faced legal action due to the distribution of a toxic or otherwise dangerous product. The company had to file for bankruptcy later that year. Remington was founded in 1816 and operates today as the United States’ oldest gun maker. Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide. Remington’s Rifles.

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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. at the mirror when filing for bankruptcy.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

For more rigorous, bottoms-up sizing exercises I suggest tools such as Statista and the United States Census Bureau (also their North American Industry Classification System database) to help identify more specific data. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc. 11) Exit .

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Are You Living For The Weekends? Tactics to Help You Turn TGIF into TGIM

YoungUpstarts

Any day there could be layoffs, or worse yet, a bankruptcy. If you see ads of interest with specific company names, try to network with someone in that company (for instance, using LinkedIn). Control its distribution. My boss does not appreciate me and is continually on my case. The company is in trouble. It’s not growing.

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Durant Versus Sloan – Part 1

Steve Blank

If you look around the United States it’s hard to avoid Sloan. Where are the charitable foundations, business schools and hospitals named after him? Sloan is not the only guy who got foundations named after him – if you have money to donate universities will be all too happy to create chairs and schools in your name.