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5 Equity Distribution Parameters For Key Contributors

Startup Professionals Musings

So, the first question I usually get is what percent of the company or equity is that person worth? Just because it was your idea doesn’t mean you “deserve” 90% of the equity. The value in a startup is all about tangible results, so I see no equity value in the idea alone. Key to required patents or trade secrets.

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Financing with grants, not equity or debt

Berkonomics

The company created a product that could be delivered as a service to medical clinicians anywhere in the world, enhancing their ability to understand their patents’ problems and needs in less time, using the expertise built into an AI expert system created by the best minds in many medical specialties. Other sources of grants.

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KFx Medical Gets Patent

socalTECH

Carlsbad-based KFX Medical , which is developing bone implant products for the orthopedic surgery market, reported today that it has received a third patent. The patent, U.S. The patent was filed on September 26, 2011, and names Michael L. The patent is a continuation of a patent originally filed by the company in 2004.

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KFx Medical Wins $29M In Patent Infringement Case

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San Diego-based KFX Medical , the venture-backed developer of bone implant products, has scored a big win in a patent infringement case. The company said that it was awarded $29 million by a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, in a patent infringement case against Arthrex Inc. READ MORE>>.

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KFx Medical Gets Patent

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Patent, covering its knotless double row rotator cuff repair technology, which is used in its line of implant products. 8,100,942 was granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office yesterday, to inventors Michael L. The patent is a continuation of a series of patents originally filed by KFx Medical back in 2004.

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KFx Medical's $35M Patent Award Upheld

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San Diego-based KFx Medical , which is venture backed by Alloy Ventures, Charter Life Sciences, Arboretum Ventures, Montreux Equity Partners, and MB Venture Partners, said today that it has had a $35M patent infringement judgement upheld in appeal. medical patent legal intellectual property' READ MORE>>.

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KFx Medical Gets $35M From Patent Infringement Suit

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San Diego-based KFx Medical said late Wednesday that it has received $35M in a payment, related to the company's patent infringement suite against Arthrex. The payment is related to a jury award which found that Arthrex had infringed upon a patent owned by KFx. The company develops medical devices used in orthopedic surgery.

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