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Independent Inventors are a Walking Malpractice Suit
As I began to learn patent law 20+ years ago, a senior attorney described independent inventors as “walking malpractice lawsuits”. His way of handing independent inventors was to not tell them anything, and for the client to decide the best course of action.
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Why Patent Attorneys Always Suggest Getting a Patent
This story is not about only having a hammer and everything looks like a nail. There is more to the story.
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Franchising Principles Applied to Startups
I had the opportunity to visit with a franchise president who is also doing a “conventional” tech startup.
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What Do Patents Actually Cost?
There is a more detailed article on patent costs here.
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Statistical Correlation Between Patent Ownership and Success
France Brevets, a French sovereign investment fund, has published a report (in English) that correlates success of venture-backed startups with the patents held by the startup.
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Patent Holding Companies and Ownership Issues
In this construct, an operating company has full control of the assets, even though the patent assets are held in a separate company.
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Problems Caused by the Attorney/Client Relationship
The attorney/client relationships HURTS startup companies when it comes to patents.
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Patents that are Bad Stand-Alone Investments
We do not invest in technologies where we don’t think there is a market for the patents alone.
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Join an Accelerator – and Lose Your Intellectual Property
Most patent valuation[1][2] analysts will remove 50% or more of the value of a company’s patent just because they were in an accelerator. Lose *half* of your most valuable asset – just because you join an accelerator?
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How to Review a Patent Application
Some comments made by an inventor, even the most innocuous comments, can be misconstrued if a patent ever was litigated. Rather than create a messy trail of documented comments remember the most important rule: