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Tag: Startups
Content focused on startup companies
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Your Inventor Loves Your Patent Attorney. That Is the Problem.
The bond that makes the disclosure meeting work is the same bond that makes quality invisible.
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Why Patent Competence Is a C-Suite Responsibility
There’s a simple test for whether a patent actually matters:
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Are Patents Still Relevant in the Age of AI?
Not slowly. Not incrementally. It’s collapsing fast enough that entire assumptions about startups, competition, and defensibility no longer hold.
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Myth: Patents Have Intrinsic Value
There is a deeply embedded myth in the startup, investor, and legal ecosystems that patents have intrinsic value. That simply owning a patent means you own “something valuable.”…
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CES and Grifting the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
I just returned from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I have been going for many years, and I thoroughly enjoy the show in many respects, but…
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AI-Assisted Patent Search Tools Exacerbate Inventor Biases
Inventors and entrepreneurs might love the idea of using an AI‑powered search tool to check “Did I do something new?” fast and cheap. It sounds smart. It sounds…
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Contempt from Crowdfunded Equity
Entrepreneurs are stuck between two polar opposites. On one hand, they are encouraged – endlessly – to hype, hype, hype. The accelerators and incubators want to see astronomical…
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AI Startups: Protect Everything EXCEPT the Patent
Short version: One dividing line decides the patent question for artificial intelligence (“AI”) companies. The same feature “done with AI” is not worth patenting—keep it a trade secret.…
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Strategic Partnerships are often Neither
Every founder loves to brag about their “strategic partnerships.” The name sounds impressive, but hides a glaring truth:
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Build Your Company Backwards: How to Align With Angel and VC Expectations
When you’re raising outside capital — especially from angels or venture funds — you’re not just pitching your company. You’re implicitly making a promise: that their investment will…
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