Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

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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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Aliso Viejo-based Smith Micro has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, for compression technology in its StuffIt software line. According to the USPTO, the patent was actually issued in July, and names Serge Volkoff, Michael Paul Halpin, and Darryl Lovato as inventors. Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

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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JULY 26, 2021

The company said the new funding will help it accelerate growth, further develop its patented brewing technologies, and complete delivery of outstanding pre-orders. The startup, led by CEO Roderic de Rode, said its hardware uses centrifugal force to make its own coffee, in addition to grinding and its other features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2023

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

The office helps license technology and patents from the school to startups and other companies, as well as helps take ideas created by professors and researchers to market. Photo of Gilbert, with cap, via Caltech. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2020

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

Can tapping the power of the crowd not only help you find customers and help fund your project, but also help you shape your startup idea and find funding? We offer up those ideas and patents to any user on the Internet, and they can sign up on the site to work with the entrepreneur on the idea. What is JumpStartFund?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2021

Sometimes it’s helpful to imagine contradictory approaches, or working with opposites. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting. I find that startups looking for funding often never even think of asking strategic partners, rather than just venture capitalists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. The Page serves as a space where small business owners can access educational resources, read success stories from other business owners, engage with peers, and find tips to help businesses run more efficiently. Create intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

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.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Helping the founder create a company and build a much-needed product in an industry I knew very well, I served as chairman for the newly formed company, and along with my several rounds of early investment, led rounds of other angel investors in what I knew as a successful opportunity to fill a need in an industry I understood.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Connell spoke about the many pro-foreign-enterprise initiatives the Cameron government has passed and Van der Kleij fielded questions and feedback on topics ranging from Patent Law to secondary markets. Patent Box ," a new preferential tax regime on patents being considered by the UK government, was a topic of considerable discussion.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 27, 2020

Copies of intellectual property filings such as patents, copyrights and trademarks, all owned URL addresses, and even copies of source code, may be resident in the deal room, dependent upon the type of buyer. Up-to-date insurance policies, leases, financial documents and schedules such as fixed assets are copied here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

A narrow scope doesn’t help your case either. Here are some of the key ones: Patent protection in place as a barrier to entry. Investors understand that patents can be broken by unscrupulous competitors, but they prove your conviction that you have created something innovative, and are willing to do the work to defend it.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup launched this morning, hoping to use the power of the crowd to help take ideas to launch.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 29, 2010

Join in a panel discussion of the cases that were decided and that have affected the landscape of patent law this past year. Kappos, in which the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) had calculated term extensions for patents incorrectly in some instances. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2016

According to UberMedia, the new product, Cross-Media Location Visit Measurement (xLVR), helps marketers figure out which ads--desktop display ads, video, mobile, social, search, and so on--actually are triggering consumer shopping in retail stores. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

We can’t help but be amazed by the rapid developments in artificial intelligence and artificial general intelligence (AGI). Commissioner of Patents in 1899. So, who will be the next Ford, Jobs, or Musk for AI? Yet, so far, we have the foundation, thanks to development teams at OpenAI, Google and Microsoft among others. Duell, U.S.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

We connect YOU (the passionate enthusiast) with expert video and our active community to help you embrace and practice your wellness passions. Grokker’s patent-pending approach allows us to cost effectively shoot and produce beautiful, compelling video classes of all kinds at scale. What can people do on Grokker?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Broadcom said the move will help it provide a "broader solution portfolio" to its customers. In addition to the acquisition, the two said QLogic will license certain Broadcom patents to cover its Fibre Channel products for $62M. READ MORE>>. qlogic ethernet broadcom merger acquisition intellectual property networking hardware'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Saving cost won’t help you if you can’t make the daily innovations required to stay competitive. Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Let someone else do the ancillary processes where you have no economies of scale, like accounting and support.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In businesses driven by information technology, your patents, trademarks and other intellectual properties are essential to your value. A well-executed intellectual property strategy can help you avoid common errors, take command of new territory, defend your existing turf, and increase a company's valuation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2020

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Get help with grant funding and incubator resources. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2011

Mountain View-based business networking service LinkedIn appears to be tempting some trademark confusion--and maybe, a lawsuit-- with the launch Wednesday of a new service it bills Classmates , to help its users connect with former classmates via the service. LinkedIn's new service helps connect its users with fellow college alumni.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2021

They have a thirst for knowledge that helps them in their business, as well in their own personal growth. Helping others achieve their goals. If you want to achieve your goals, help others achieve theirs. Personal growth and accomplishment. To be a successful entrepreneur, one can never stand still.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2021

Wise business leaders never forget that they need other people’s support and help to make things happen. For example, after Yvon Chouinard founded Patagonia , he wisely recognized a growing interest in helping the environment, and capitalized on it by dedicating a percent of sales to environmental needs.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Now Zweig is back again… this time pitching app developers a tool that can help convert browsers into buyers for new applications in app stores around the world. It was an early success for the regional ecosystem and proved to be one of the most valuable exits (from a capital efficiency standpoint) for the year.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

As a potential investor, I always look for startups that have filed at least a provisional patent, or can make the case that their solution cannot be easily duplicated. It is never too early to review your strategy and goals to decide how you can help the world, and maximize financial returns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2023

Patents and trade secrets are more powerful advantages than missing competitive features, which might be quickly filled in as you gain traction. Any overly negative comments you make about competitors doesn’t help you on either of these objectives, and will kill your momentum with investors and potential customers.

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socalTECH

MAY 4, 2010

Patent and Trademark office. The firm said the move will help it "protect the brand identity" of the firm and its MiFi line. San Diego-based Novatel Wireless , which makes wireless broadband cards and the MiFi line of portable Wi-Fi hotspots, announced today that it has officially registered MiFi as a trademark with the U.S.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

They also partner with business development experts to help participants transition from idea to intellectual property into partnerships and startups. Monti is also the cofounder and CEO of Shock Analytics, a nearly two-year-old medical device startup that wants to help physicians detect and diagnose shock earlier.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2009

CitizenHawk helps companies identify cybersquatters and others using brand trademarks, and recovers those domains for those brands, including going through all of the procedures required to reclaim those domains for advertisers. Tags: hydra advertising citizenhawk domain name cybersquatters domainer registrar trademark legal patent.

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