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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. An invalidated patent or one deemed to infringe the rights of another party can devastate a startup. The filing date is often the deciding arbiter in IP disputes.

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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

IP 136
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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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Imprimis Pharmaceuticals Licenses IP

socalTECH

San Diego-based Imprimis Pharmaceuticals said this morning that it has licensed a set of intellectual property assets, from Buderer Drug Company. Imprimis said it is in the process of filing for a patent on those new IP assets. The company did not say what segment of the market the new assets would target.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

InfoChachkie

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. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?

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