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Category: Patent Strategy
The proper patent strategy can dramatically improve your IP protection.
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A License is NOT Selling Your Technology – It is Selling Exclusivity
I recently heard a pitch from a startup with remarkable technology – a genetically modified seed that signaled when it’s under stress. Instead of waiting for crops to…
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What Angel Investors Want to Hear vs What is Best for the Startup?
We looked at a company who had been more or less steady-state for several years but wanted an infusion of cash. They were operating in two smaller markets…
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Bad Advice – Non-publication Requests for Patents
Occasionally, I run into patents where the patent attorney talks the client into a non-publication request.
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Bad Behavior By Angel Groups -“Due Diligence”
Due diligence is supposed to help investors and the entrepreneurs, but many times it is a charade.
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Gullible Angel Investors and Provisional Patent Applications
Last time, we discussed the provisional patent application hoax perpetuated by patent attorneys. In this post, we look at the scam from the inventor/entrepreneur side.
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The Provisional Patent Hoax
One of the greatest hoaxes in our industry is the notion that provisional patent applications are a good thing. They are not.
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How accelerators and angel groups lose their way.
Ever drive by a construction site and see dozens of “supervisors” standing around, while one guy with a shovel is actually working? This is the perfect metaphor for…
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The Endless Science Project
Some startups are the Endless Science Project. They start from a “cool” technological idea and work on endless science projects. They run one science project for a while,…
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Calling yourself an “Expert”
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one. – Cato the Elder, from Plutarch’s Lives
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Patents Age Like Fine Wine
We like to think about patents as call options on technology. With a call option, you have the opportunity, but not the obligation, to cash in the option…
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