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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. As such, save money buying used office furniture, not by selecting an inexpensive IP lawyer who lacks the appropriate level of experience in your technical domain.

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Insights: Making Technology Transfer and IP Commercialization Work

socalTECH

For today''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re sharing an article on how to make technology transfer and IP commercialization work , from Siemer and Associates and Siemer Ventures'' Ivan Nikkhoo. Over time, some of this IP has made it to market helping create new products and industries. And many more should. Continued.).

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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. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. 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.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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Voxox Drops Calling Rates To The Phillippines In Wake of Disaster

socalTECH

San Diego-based IP communications application provider VoxOx VoxOx is dropping the rates on its phone calls to the Phillippines, the company said, to help people look to keep in touch with families and friends in the country. READ MORE>>. voxox communications phone calling application phillippines yolanda haiyan'

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Montauk Buys Caltech IP

L.A. Business Journal

Montauk Technologies has secured intellectual property rights from Caltech for technologies that can help first responders, miners and underwater workers locate humans and objects when GPS falls short.

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Annual IP Case Law Review

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Annual IP Case Law Review. Additional cases have been decided by the CAFC since Bilski that will help to sort out some of the questions that remained after the Bilski decision. These cases and several others will help you stay current on the latest happenings in patent law.

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