Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. And innovation is what creates value. That was Charles H.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2008

which operates the Move.com, REALTOR.com, and other related web sites, announced this morning that it has scored a win in a patent case. Move had been sued by Kevin Keithley and TREN Technologies Holdings over a patent, 5,584,025, covering the display of real estate information from a database. Los Angeles-based Move, Inc.,

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based RPost , a developer of electronic signature services, has filed a suit against Adobe and EchoSign for patent infringement, the firm said this morning. RPost sued Santa Barbara-based RightSignature and fellow electronic signature firm DocuSign in June over the same patents. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. That was Charles H. Duell, U.S.

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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. Optimize your web history and presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2023

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. They become frustrated with investors, senior executives, and even customers who don’t seem to “get it,” with the result that everyone loses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

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. Optimize your web history and presence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, I first saw an interesting step in that direction via the classic book “ Entrepreneurial DNA ,” by Joe Abraham , with his assessment web site. Too many Innovators are like Dean Kamen , still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter , while holding over 1000 other device patents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2020

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. They become frustrated with investors, senior executives, and even customers who don’t seem to “get it,” with the result that everyone loses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars. Work out of your home, and keep your own books.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Their patented 12 step accelerator is unlike any other program available and gives direct access to specialists in branding, design, business planning, product fit, strategic planning, web development, growth hacking and so much more. In 2018 & 2019 Expert DOJO made 42 investments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Universities have the links you need to patent attorneys, prototyping companies, investment groups, as well as a wealth of peer talent to round out your team and share the work. Build a web site and incorporate while in school. Initiate networking to find peer partners and investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You need intellectual property , such as a patent, trade secret, or process expertise that will be a barrier that you can defend. More important than a business plan may be early networking, a web site and blog, and building relationships with key industry experts. Assess your connections, both social media and financial.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? No known patents filed. Maybe the solution hasn’t yet been commercialized, but a patent has been submitted by someone else, putting your idea in jeopardy.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now? Business - how are you actually going to make money?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. The same is true online, as the desktop web experience is quickly being overtaken by the mobile experience. What was the biggest news for you this year? Or Tapes and CDs?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2011

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? No known patents filed. Maybe the solution hasn’t yet been commercialized, but a patent has been submitted by someone else, putting your idea in jeopardy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Brilliant web and iPhone app design. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

For example, “I have patented a new tire that will double the wear mileage at half the cost.” It should be imbedded in the home page of your web site, the introduction section of your business plan, the heart of your executive summary, and the first slide of your investor pitch. Describe technology and features, not competitiveness.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. We get IT done, so you don't have to.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. (www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. portfolio management - U.S. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. The value of patents and trademarks is not certifiable, especially if you are only at the provisional stage. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Telesign provides authentication services for the largest web companies in the world. A real simple example, is someone comes to register for a particular web service, puts their name, and contact information into a site, and our clients asks them for a valid phone number. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. (www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. portfolio management - U.S. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. (www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. portfolio management - U.S. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. (www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. portfolio management - U.S. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2012

The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost. A different message everywhere is no message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Senior business leaders, for example, are unlikely to relate when you pitch your latest web app, highlighting the mashup technology, which you derived from early online social networking applications. They become frustrated with investors, senior executives, and even customers who don’t seem to “get it,” with the result that everyone loses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. The value of patents and trademarks is not certifiable, especially if you are only at the provisional stage. I’ve written about this before, but it’s a mysterious subject, and I’m always learning more.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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. The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law What Can a Well Drafted Contract Do For Your Company? False Confidence.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP. portfolio management - U.S.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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. The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law What Can a Well Drafted Contract Do For Your Company? False Confidence.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water. Our “everything water” web service, called the HydraCommunity, is designed to allow collaboration between water agencies, water customers, water use equipment, and other water related services.

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