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Newegg Hails Patent Win Over Acacia Research

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce retailer Newegg is trumpeting a new patent victory, saying that a "notorious troll" has been ordered to pay the company''s cost in a patent ruling. 6,128,415, a patent which covered the idea of tagging information about an image. READ MORE>>.

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Lenovo Purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google for $2.91 billion

Tech Zulu Event

Although Google will be keeping much of the Motorola patent portfolio, Lenovo will receive license and access to such technological innovation. Full Details here from the Lenovo Press-Room. And now they’ve just shocked the world by announcing their plans to purchase Motorola Mobility from Google for about $2.91

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Here’s How You Get A VC To Pull Out Their Checkbook

InfoChachkie

Most newspapers are written at a third-grade reading level, White House press releases average a fourth-grade reading level and the New York Times is easily digestible by the average fifth grader. Patents and Trademarks. As best-selling author Stephen King once said, "Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word.”

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Due to their aversion to being publicly humiliated, most BDC partners will attempt to preclude you from issuing any unilateral press releases. See Thrill The Messenger for tips regarding how to maximize the impact of Partner press releases.

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities. Due to their aversion to being publicly humiliated, most BDC partners will attempt to preclude you from issuing any unilateral press releases. See Thrill The Messenger for tips regarding how to maximize the impact of Partner press releases.

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What Do Boards Actually Do?

Both Sides of the Table

But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict. Often we are asked to get involved in executive-level recruiting. Sometimes conflict comes because executives want to increase personal compensation and investors aren’t in favor of this.

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? The reality is that Stealth is defined differently in each case.

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