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Category: Startups & Funding
Patent strategy for startups, investor relations, and financing
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Pre-seed Funding: You Can Do A Lot Of The Work Upfront
Thinking about pre-seed funding? Getting your company off the ground is a challenging task, but far too many entrepreneurs want to run before they even crawl. It is…
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Inhouse vs Outside Patent Counsel
There are two types of patent lawyers: outside counsel and inhouse counsel.
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How to Spot Bad Patents
Investment-Grade Patent[1][2]s represent only a small sliver of the patent universe. Their value comes from a huge amount of research and thought. However, bad patents are easy to…
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Webinar: IP Due Diligence in Two Questions
There are two questions to ask every time you are dealing with patents: Can you tell if someone infringes? How hard is it to design around your patent?
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The Light Bulb is the Worst Symbol of Invention
The light bulb is the universal symbol of “invention.” It is the worst – and best – example of invention, but not in the way you think it…
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Patents in a Business Context
A business owner makes hard business decisions, especially when it comes to IP. There is only so much money and so much time, so how do you decide?
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Is Your Patent Examiner Awful? One of the Patent Myths
One of the myths that is perpetuated by the patent bar is that the examiners somehow do not understand your invention.
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Valuable patents solve contradictions
Inventions are not obvious – they have to solve some kind of contradiction.
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BlueIron Model, Patent Drafting, Patent Process, Patent Strategy, Startups & Funding, Working with Attorneys
My first invention
My first job out of college was at McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. At the time, we made military fighter jets: the F-15, F-18, and Harrier AV-8B. I…
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Why Marketing Is More Important than Patents
Entrepreneurs have been fed this lie that the first thing they need to do is get a patent, then work on the business.
Thirty minutes. Chief IP Officer on retainer — and the capital option behind it.
If what you need is something else, we’ll tell you on the same call.