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Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies.

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How Savvy Companies Leverage Brand, Technology and IP Licensing to Leap Ahead of The Competition

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 -- How Savvy Companies Leverage Brand, Technology and IP Licensing to Leap Ahead of The Competition.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Founded it as a California LLC but your potential VC wants a Delaware C-Corp? Like anything in life, if you want a fair deal on the deferred fee and warrant percentage you need to talk to a few lawyers to make it competitive. But make it competitive.

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Startup Business Model Considerations

SoCal CTO

Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years.

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Intellectual Property

SoCal Tech Calendar

On July 19th, you wont want to miss this RARE opportunity to hear two foremost legal experts on Intellectual Property rights, protection and risks  and what you need to do to keep your IP safe! Regardless of what industry you are in, you need to understand the complex laws and processes to carefully protect your competitive edge.

IP 100
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Interview with Vic Alston, Ixia

socalTECH

But we also have to make sure we're competitive in our existing markets. So, as we do acquisitions, we're looking at acquisitions in both places  in our core business and new business areas. They are IP acquisitions with some amount of channel and product, and are really meant as an IP acquisition into our core platform.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. False Confidence.

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