article thumbnail

Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

InfoChachkie

“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. Not All Patent Types Are Created Equal.

IP 256
article thumbnail

Thanks to socalTECH's Sponsors

socalTECH

Southern California's high tech news and companies. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth (www.sycr.com) Sponsoring socalTECH's Orange County High Tech Report. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP.

SoCalTech 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Smartest Entrepreneurs Bootstrap Their Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Even in these cases, all other options should be explored first: Sales are strong – too strong.

Startup 100
article thumbnail

Don’t Look For Investors for All the Wrong Reasons

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Even in these cases, all other options should be explored first: Sales are strong – too strong.

article thumbnail

The Cost Equation for a Startup is Better Than Ever

Startup Professionals Musings

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Sales and marketing costs. Here are a few examples: Setting up the business.

Startup 102
article thumbnail

Biotech Roundup: Deals Gone Wrong, Ethical Red Flags & Bay Goodbyes

Xconomy

Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin). —When Merck (NYSE: MRK ) bought Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $9.5

article thumbnail

Most Entrepreneurs Should Never Bring On Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Even in these cases, all other options should be explored first: Sales are strong – too strong.