InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

IP 256

IP Patents Company Companies 256

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Web 238

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Just as you would not ask your family physician to perform a coronary bypass, do not ask your corporate lawyer to help you write your patent application. However, you should seek a patent attorney when it is time to craft your patent application. Save money on your office furniture, not on your IP lawyer.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

While handling bots, you should detect search engine crawlers, too: /* lookup your crawler IP database to populate $isCrawler; then, if the IP wasnt identified as search engine crawler: */ if ($isCrawler !== from the IP address range 65.52.0.0 Other rogue bots identify themselves by IP addy, user agent, and/or referrer.

SEO 37

SEO IP Blogging PHP 37

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

ThingFetcher sometimes requests a (shortened) URI 30 times per second, from different IPs. A method to verify the bot All IP addresses used by a bot should resolve to server names having a unique pattern. For example Googlebot comes only from servers named "crawl" + "-" + replace($IP, ".", "-") + ".googlebot.com" Posting tweet.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

I happened to connect with Don, read his research papers, and in about 2007, learned about Twitter and started using it. The sort of support mechanisms and networks in place really are about pharmaceuticals, biomedical, and patents. So, I pulled up the UC Irvine faculty list, and started calling professors.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea. Rick Smith: I would say, at a slightly higher level, is passion.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100