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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. An invalidated patent or one deemed to infringe the rights of another party can devastate a startup. The filing date is often the deciding arbiter in IP disputes.

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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Investment banker? These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Would I hire a broker?

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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? Investment banker? These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. Would I hire a broker?

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?

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Startup Business Model Considerations

SoCal CTO

all the other folks out there that will try to enter the same market) the barriers have been dropping over the last few years. Fantastic post by Christian Gammill - Startup Delta Force… From a competitive perspective (e.g. How’s that for duality. Business - how are you actually going to make money? many more (please comment below)

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Maine’s Largest Hospital Launches Internal Health Tech Accelerator

Tech.Co

Maine Medical Center, Maine’s largest hospital, is investing in their employees and giving them a chance to act on their innovative ideas that could transform healthcare. Questions of IP. You need to share ideas, invest jointly, and work in teams to get anything off the ground,” she said. “I The Program. “My

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