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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. How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? To what extent might proprietary IP rights be undermined by antitrust laws ?

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. An interesting consequence of the rigid censoring and control of mainstream media is that blogging – reading and writing – is much higher than U.S. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

And they were increasing at an aggregate 33 million IOS and Android activations per month. An interesting consequence of the rigid censoring and control of mainstream media is that blogging – reading and writing – is much higher than U.S. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

goods and services, especially services, and they are expanding in aggregate at a rate that even 10% U.S. In a world where ideas and technologies and business models and even intellectual property (sad but true) can be copied and undercut worldwide at the speed of a mouse click, what can any company really hold onto?

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How Mobile Has Changed Live Music

Austin Startup

Another interesting twist – and presently one of the most visited music blogs, La Blogotheque – is built around a weekly video series that follows different bands performing in public locations including parks, city streets, and elevators. Look for our reports from SxSW in March. Edwards University.

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The Future is Better than You Think

Growthink Blog

goods and services, especially services, and they are expanding in aggregate at a rate that even 10% U.S. In a world where ideas and technologies and business models and even intellectual property (sad but true) can be copied and undercut worldwide at the speed of a mouse click, what can any company really hold onto?

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Small Business and Startups: Making Customer Service Available (On Your Own Terms)

crowdSPRING Blog

This is not to mention the 469 intellectual property violations they investigated, the 601 prospects they followed up on, or the hundreds of instances of possible fraudulent activity they scrutinized. For instance, in the quarter that just ended, our team of 4.5 as well as having clear protocols and systems in place.