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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Tech startups are at the other extreme. The gulf has widened with the proliferation of social Internet / user-generated content and mobile application startups. Most of our early-stage startup clients fit this description. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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

Steve Blank

That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Outside the U.S. Public use in the U.S.

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6 Ways To Fund Your Invention

YoungUpstarts

Network funding. You may also obtain funding through your personal network, including family and friends. Investors from your personal network are also less likely to be interested in the actual happenings of your business’s development, and are thus not likely to request a degree of control in return for their investment.

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The Dos And Don’ts Of Selling Your Business

Duct Tape Marketing

Duct Tape Transcript Email Download New Tab John Jantsch (00:00): This episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast is brought to you by Outbound Squad, hosted by Jason Bay, and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. The government, for example, often defines small business by the number of employees. So, that's a great question.