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Dear Founders: Here Are Three IP Mistakes to Watch-Out For

Scott Edward Walker

Over the past six months, my firm has been engaged by a number of startups with significant intellectual property (“IP”) problems. In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm.

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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Not surprisingly, the best way to avoid IP litigation is to prepare for IP litigation, and the only way to prepare is to know the rules. Trademarks. He earned his J.D.

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Startups and IP Ownership Issues

Scott Edward Walker

For many startups, intellectual property (IP) is their most valuable asset. Below are the three most common IP-related mistakes that startups make — the first of which I discuss in this brief video with Jason Calacanis. Mistake #2 – Not Assigning to the Company Any IP Created Pre-Incorporation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqL3Xm5iUCY

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

Steve Blank

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States. Type of IP. _. Outside the U.S. Types of Intellectual Property Protection.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 8 – Cyber

Steve Blank

IP & Protected Personal Information Theft. Update to the IP Commission Report: The Theft of American Intellectual Property: Reassessments of the Challenge and United States Policy ” The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property , 2017. Do you agree with the current doctrine? Why or why not?

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

Data from Sensor Tower Q2 2022 report reveals that iOS users in the United States spent more in non-game apps than games for the first time ever last quarter. We are in the experimentation stage, where brands, IP, communities, are testing the waters for relevancy, connection with the younger fans, and new income potential.

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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 ?