Remove Distribution Remove Entrepreneur Remove Intellectual Property Remove United States
article thumbnail

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

YoungUpstarts

Aspiring entrepreneurs may mitigate the risk of litigation however by taking steps to avoid infringing the legal rights of established players. Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Trademarks. He earned his J.D.

article thumbnail

Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. I’m proud to contribute to the effort and always enjoy reading what the other authors have to say.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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

Steve Blank

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. Intellectual Property. Types of Intellectual Property Protection.

article thumbnail

28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Summit CPA is now a company with over $5M in annual revenue and our team is fully distributed throughout the United States. That is what we’re all about at KISSPatent, making intellectual property seamless and effortless for our clients to obtain. And I was right. Thanks to Jody Grunden, Summit CPA Group ! #12-

Naming 144
article thumbnail

How to Write a Business Plan for a Cannabis Company

Up and Running

One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “ once-in-a-generation opportunity ,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. Distribution. There are a multitude of websites designed to help connect cannabis entrepreneurs with investors.

article thumbnail

East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

Interestingly enough, CooTek’s co-founder and CEO, Michael Wong , who was formerly from Microsoft’s R&D unit, took an unconventional route by launching in the Western market first. Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. They don’t have a good IP (intellectual property) to defend their technology.

China 122
article thumbnail

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

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Chris Dixon, Partner, A16Z, observes , “Success in VC is probably 10% about picking, and 90% about sourcing the right deals and having entrepreneurs choose your firm as a partner”. 2) Market . 11) Exit .