Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Get an NDA before detailed patent disclosures. Entrepreneurs should never disclose the details of a planned or current patent application to any outsiders, until after a non-disclosure or other contract has been signed. Some entrepreneurs avoid the patent process, since patent details become public once a patent is issued.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The students’ project won the undergraduate Innovation Award at UMaine’s 2017 Student Symposium and, in October, Zephyrus Simulation won $500 in the local BigGig pitch event. Zephyrus Simulation is pursuing a patent for its prototype, and also has received grants from the Libra Future Fund and Maine Technology Institute.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/22/2017.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Nikhil Jain: We plan on doing our product launch in Q2 of 2017. We've already filed fifteen patents already on our technology, but it's definitely been a challenging couple of year sto come up with all of this and to find the talent to carry it out. That's the entire premise of the idea. Where is the product now?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

Nothing defines innovation, uniqueness, and commitment ability like a patent, trade secret, or a trademark. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 04/13/2017. Just like an idea has no value in the abstract, your solution has minimal value generically until you put a fence around it as a barrier to entry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

A strong work ethic is great, but patents and intellectual property are critical. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 07/17/2017. Therefore it behooves you to ask yourself these ten key questions, and formulate concrete answers, before even entering the fray: What “secret sauce” does you bring to the problem?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We bought our first company in 2017 to create this, and we rolled up a few companies to bring this vision to life. For the first three years, it was all about research and development, building IP and patents and so forth. Who are your core customers? Kanaan Jemili:We have about six areas we focus on. When I finished my Ph.D.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Don’t try to explain your technical implementation, your patent algorithm, or your unfair competitive advantage here. Marty Zwilling First published on Huffington Post on 01/24/2017. Skip the fill words and fuzzy phrases, like better, cheaper, easier to use, or more productive. Do include some quantification.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Remember that ideas cannot be patented, only novel implementations. You need all these before you start looking for funding. Copyrights.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 5, 2018

The intellectual property rights associated with the German technology were nullified after the war, thereby allowing Mr. Mullin to add his own innovations without regard to international patent laws. He gathered Hollywood executives into a theater. Prior to 1946, radio shows were exclusively broadcast live. The Gift Of An Octopus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Remember that ideas cannot be patented, only novel implementations. You need all these before you start looking for funding. Copyrights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Prove exclusivity with whatever methods and relationships you can use, including patents, distribution channels, government support, or name-brand customer contracts. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 11/14/2017. Users can be advertisers, consumers, sellers, or passengers. Establish exclusivity as a high barrier to entry.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Bluemix Local is a new accelerated hybrid cloud that protects sensitive workloads seamlessly across public, private and on-premises environments utilizing a new patented technology called Relay. IBM has announced today a solution to this problem called Bluemix Local.

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Xconomy

MARCH 8, 2019

In early 2017, Scott Gottlieb was considered the most moderate of the potential candidates to head the Food and Drug Administration, which is the most powerful regulator of medical products in the world. It wasn’t a high bar to clear. Still, Gottlieb had spent time in the George W. His potential financial conflicts, combined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2017

Patents and other intellectual property go to the first person who files, rather than the first person with the idea. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/15/2017. Thinking without action leads to lost opportunities. Time is money in business. Ideas are very fragile.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Oral arguments in the landmark patent fight over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 were set for Dec. Patent and Trademark Office. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. CRISPR DEVELOPMENTS. 6 at the U.S.

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