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Category: Patent Strategy
The proper patent strategy can dramatically improve your IP protection.
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1% Patent – 99% Execution
As we all know, business is usually 10% idea and 90% execution. The successful companies rarely have the single best product on the market, but they do have…
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Data Driven Patents
Updated April 2021.
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How Big Law Hurts Startups
Many inventors and entrepreneurs like to tout their relationship with a Big Law Firm. It is too bad they do not know how the sausage gets made.
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Cramdowns, Receivership, Bankruptcy – Why Patent Financing is Good for Founders and Angels.
BlueIron’s patent financing puts your IP in a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) – an LLC that holds your patents. It can be thought of as a lease with…
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USPTO’s Track One vs Patent Prosecution Highway
Updated April 2020
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The Entrepreneur and the Angel Investor – The Story of Bad IP Protection.
An angel investor will ask the entrepreneur “Do you have a patent?” The next thing the entrepreneur does is run out and gets a patent. Is this smart?
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The Patent System is Broken – but not in the way you think it is.
The patent system has some weird quirks that makes it feel broken. In truth, you do not want to know how the sausage gets made at the Patent…
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Patents and Psychology – The Fear of Loss and the Lottery Ticket
A patent brings out weird psychology of entrepreneurs and investors alike. They are their own worst enemy. By the way, this is one of the reasons why the…
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What to Consider When Filing Patents Internationally
Updated 1 Jul 2021
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Patents Help Sell Your Company
IP plays a big role to sell your company, especially if you are a startup company. Most people think about building an IP portfolio for “protection.” Somehow, the…
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