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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

Creators decouple their non-standardised skills from the aggregator and hope to become themselves a brand. Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP. Today, those thinkers can create content directly (and in some cases exclusively) for their (paying) fans.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

Maker announced it has raised $62 million this year, acquired an amazing off-YouTube distribution network and grown its business in monetary terms by almost 300% year-over-year off of an already large base. You need to think like a producer of any kind and think about distribution more broadly. ” YouTube takes 45%.

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7 Incredible Web Design, Branding, Digital Marketing Experiences

Occam's Razor

They use geo/ip to work out where I am. It shows the normal distribution of XS, S, L etc, but it also shows, how cool is this, the Model's size (S in this case), her height, bust, waist and hip size! I press a button and – boom! – Music! It is not that hard to do this. They work out my local time. I love this.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. mobile telephone operators, broadcasters, content aggregators and media agents. Ceragon’s solutions are deployed by more than 150 service providers and in hundreds of.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

Allot is a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenuegeneration solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, Allot Service Gateway solutions for mobile broadband are compliant with 3G.4G/LTE Logia has the unique combination of being both a content aggregator and a billing aggregator.

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Startup Resources

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IP Location Tools. free, distributed source code control management system. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business.