Version One Ventures
OCTOBER 18, 2012
“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks. The same logic holds true for most acquiring companies.
Steve Blank
DECEMBER 10, 2009
Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) Type of IP. _. social network start up – trademark and copyright are more likely. A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States.
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VC Cafe
AUGUST 2, 2022
think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Gradually, more professional gaming studios are choosing to develop on the platform, increasing the quality and the IP that enters the Metaverse.
YoungUpstarts
JUNE 26, 2018
This includes e-commerce websites that ship internationally, content news sites accessible in the European Union, social networks like Facebook and Instagram, and more. Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags. Data Breaches Must Be Formally Reported.
Agile VC
MARCH 13, 2012
CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking.
Gust
DECEMBER 1, 2011
When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. I don’t fault entrepreneurs for relegating startup legal work to the bottom of their daily triage list; founders are spread incredibly thin.
The Next Web
JANUARY 24, 2014
We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Of course I am not suggesting we should do away with social benefits for the sake of creating an artificial level of scrappiness.
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