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Category: Patent Strategy
The proper patent strategy can dramatically improve your IP protection.
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IP Valuation in a Regulatory Framework
Regulatory requirements trump patents as the primary form of protection or moat[1] against a business.
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The Government is the Worst Customer – and the Worst Investor
We will always invest where Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” is pushing things forward, and avoid businesses where the regulator’s pen can wipe it out.
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Handing the Keys to the Drunken Sailor and Hoping You Get Home
Letting the CTO manage patent policy is bad for business.
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Pitching Investors is Not “One-and-Done”
I have the enviable position of seeing lots of inventors who bootstrapped their companies along before they take outside investment (if they take any outside investment at all).…
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Registration Numbers
When I review patent applications, I always download the full prosecution history of the patent from the USPTO. The prosecution history is the formal, legal record of the…
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Waiting Room Inventors
A friend who is an angel investor asked my opinion on a company. I did not like it for a number of reasons, not the least of which…
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Technology is always about firing someone.
The value proposition of “technology” is usually that an employer can fire someone. It is always about doing more work with fewer people. This typically has a short…
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Patents: An Imperfect System
The patent system is a clunky, one-size-fits-all system. It does not work for every invention or every industry, but the patent system as we know it has existed…
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Printing Money and the Shiny New Toy
What drives the entrepreneur may be more complicated than what it seems…
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You are not a tech entrepreneur.
There are countless industries where technology can improve things. Most of these industries are bland, run-of-the-mill industries that deliver services. It may be plumbing, pest control, or even…
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