article thumbnail

Be Frugal, But Never Cheap When Locking Down Your IP

InfoChachkie

The money you pay your intellectual property (IP) lawyer should be judiciously spent. However, the potential costs associated with an IP mishap can be catastrophic. As such, save money buying used office furniture, not by selecting an inexpensive IP lawyer who lacks the appropriate level of experience in your technical domain.

IP 210
article thumbnail

Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Here are the key elements: Company name. domainname.com) is just as critical as the company name, and the two should match as nearly as possible.

IP 93
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Newegg Cooks Up System For Beating Product Scalpers, Bot Buyers

socalTECH

According to Newegg, its new drawing system is aimed at defeating the "bots and scalpers" which tend to swoop in on the most popular products on its site, including things such as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs, AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors, AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series graphics cards, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

NewEgg 113
article thumbnail

8 Portfolio Assets Are Key To Your Startup Valuation

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Here are the key elements: Company name. domainname.com) is just as critical as the company name, and the two should match as nearly as possible.

Startup 145
article thumbnail

53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) What are some sites or companies in the same space? What functionality would make your company launch-ready? Most new sites need to account for mobile delivery – but on the other hand, not every MVP needs both desktop and mobile versions. Tell me about the business.

Develop 520
article thumbnail

Data collection is about to get much more dangerous

Berkonomics

But more impactful – the law creates more and more duties for companies collecting data within the state (which is most everyone.) First, the limits upon companies. Think of the advertisements that follow you around various sites for days and weeks after you visit the first site and look for a product.)

Sites 149
article thumbnail

Fonality: More Than A Business Phone System, with David Scult

socalTECH

In an intensely competitive area, how do you differentiate yourself and grow a company? With around a hundred employees in Los Angeles, and $40M in revenues, Fonality (www.fonality.com) --a developer of voice-over-IP phone software and systems--has managed to rise above the crowd of commodity voice-over-IP and PBX service providers.

IP 138