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Be Frugal, But Never Cheap When Locking Down Your IP

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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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Acacia Research Names New VP In Asia

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Newport Beach-based patent and IP licensing firm Acacia Research announced this morning that it has named a new VP to to head up its efforts in Asia. Seki was most recently Chief IP Officer and General Manager, Intellectual Property Division for Renesas Electronics. He also had served at Hitachi Ltd. READ MORE>>.

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Acacia Research Names Two VPs

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Newport Beach-based Acacia Research , the technology patent licensing firm, said today that it has named two VPs. Acacia Research acquires patents, aggressively pursuing technology firms for IP licensing and patent infringement. READ MORE>>.

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Introduction to IP

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Thursday, April 8, 2010 -- Introduction to IP. An understanding of intellectual property is essential to companies, universities, entrepreneurs, researchers and inventors. Anyone involved in innovation--from gene therapy treatments to surfboard designs--needs to know what their IP is and how to protect it. See [link] (more).

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Acacia Taps Broadcom Vet As New VP

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Newport Beach-based Acacia Research , the patent portfolio and licensing firm, said today that it has named David Rosmann as Senior Vice President. Rosmann has previously served as Vice President, Intellectual Property Litigation at Broadcom Corporation, where he managed the firm's IP litigation efforts for over ten years.

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Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

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It''s a place where people can submit their ideas and patents, and we provide a platform for them to try to find entrepreneurs who would like to work on those patents together with us an the crowd. Dirk Ahlborn: What makes this special, is we''re actively going out to work with federal research labs, companies like Aerospace Corp.,

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Banana IP. "Intellectual As described in IP Is Worthless To A Startup , most startups over estimate the value of their intellectual property. Unless your venture is focused on researching potential scientific breakthroughs, it is likely that your technology can be easily copied and your patents circumvented.

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