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

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Not surprisingly, the best way to avoid IP litigation is to prepare for IP litigation, and the only way to prepare is to know the rules. Copyrights. Copyrights are also highly visible.

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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. ” YouTube takes 45%. but not that this justifies take a 45% revenue share.

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IBC 2011 Attracts 28 Israeli Media and Mobile Startups to Amsterdam

VC Cafe

The International Broadcast Convention (IBC) 2011 is the leading global tradeshow for broadcasting media and entertainment industry, covering the latest developments in broadcasting, mobile TV, IPTV, digital signage and forward looking R&D. This solution is based on a large variety of satellite beams. justAdTV Ltd - justAd.TV

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

New media platforms are enabling a new creator type: Digitally Native Vertical Creators , Eric Feng. The number of enabling platforms for creators has grown to all media types including music, social, gaming, education, publishing, adult video and so on. ” Eric Feng. Unbundling Work from Employment , Li Jin. Source: Graphtreon.

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Discovery is the problem in gaming

Lightspeed Venture Partners

In 2009 I wrote a guest post at Industry Gamers about why social gaming is so attractive to investors , where I talked about the three key elements oin gaming: Development, Distribution and Discovery. But I think the framework of Development, Distribution and Discovery is still a useful lens to view the industry.

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How to Hide Your Online Activity from Your ISP

The Startup Magazine

They might give into corporations, social media companies, or even governmental agencies. If you use the IP address given to you by your ISP, your online activity is probably far from save. A VPN will provide you with a secret and private channel that is encrypted. Source: Pexels. One thing you can do is use a VPN service.

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