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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years.

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Software Patents Have Become a Startup Nightmare

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years.

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Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The bad news is that patent trolls can squeeze the lifeblood out of innocent and unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the current mess around Lodsys patent No.

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AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play

TechCrunch LA

Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur. Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. “Google has been a great partner for us,” Zweig says.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. He built & IPOd Demand Media.

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Thanks to our sponsors!

socalTECH

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Think Glendale.

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Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors!

socalTECH

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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