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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Investment banker? The license to use your IP can be in the form of a one-time payment or structured as a continuing fee. I have the weeks to follow to make mine. Would I hire a broker?

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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Investment banker? The license to use your IP can be in the form of a one-time payment or structured as a continuing fee. I have the weeks to follow to make mine. Would I hire a broker?

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Save and Print These LumaScapes to Get a Grasp on Digital Media [Infographics]

VC Cafe

These LumaScapes are quickly becoming a tool for M&A departments to make their picks and the graphs will keep evolving, says Terence Kawaja , the founder of LumaPartners and seasoned investment banker. Boxee – Video > IP Enabled Set Top Boxes. Videosurf – Video > Video Search.

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Sawyer on Why Bilski Really Means That Software Companies Should Leave the US

Feld Thoughts

As I’ve written before, software patents amount to an innovation tax, transferring wealth from people who build things and make stuff to investment bankers, hedge funders, and, most of all, patent prosecutors and litigators. As others have written about, the Supreme Court has become a rubber stamp on public opinion and on Congress.

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How To Launch a Startup and Avoid Ending-up in Jail

Scott Edward Walker

Not only are there key contractual issues that must be buttoned-down (like vesting and IP assignment ), but also there is a minefield of laws and regulations that must be complied with. Introduction I love working with startups – and trying to protect founders and watch their backs.