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Is there gold in your old intellectual property?

Berkonomics

So, I was surprised and excited when one of these verbal fishing expeditions during a lunch brought up a technology the company had patented years before and forgotten. and be redirected to a screen form that would allow the user to identify themself, pay any fees required for use and agree to the terms of service.

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There’s gold in re-purposing intellectual property.

Berkonomics

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about what the intended use was back then, and whether new developments or technologies might make these older ideas and patents relevant again.

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Contur Sorts Your Email From Clutter To Save You Hours | Interview With The Founders

Tech Zulu Event

According to the founders, Contur is a virtual assistant that sorts and organizes your emails automatically. The founders add that Contur takes all of your emails, groups the related ones together so that you can see your emails in context. You may get emails related to our apartments at random intervals in your inbox.

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