Tag: Startups
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So You Have A Patent? Now What?
For many entrepreneurs, life goes on. The nasty secret is that now that they have this new asset, they don’t know what to do with it. They spent a lot of money, time, and energy…
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Why Startup Patents Are Doomed From The Start
Patents for small companies are fundamentally different from patents for large companies. The decisions made – and skills needed – to develop the two are very different. Old tractor in the Alpine meadows There are…
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Financing Patents Is Actually CHEAPER Than Paying a Patent Attorney
Financing patents through BlueIron is actually cheaper than paying as you go with a conventional patent attorney. This is because the cost of capital for startup companies is so high. Pepperdine’s business school publishes the…
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Should I Get A Patent Before Talking To Customers?
No. As an investor in patents, I am willing to wait for the Second Patent. BTW, if you need to tell someone your invention when you are doing customer discovery, you are doing it wrong.…
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Patent Enforcement Insurance Makes Your Company Valuable
Why should I get a patent? I don’t have enough money to enforce it. Many startup companies don’t bother with patents because they don’t think they can enforce them. And they are right. A patent…
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What Does A Quality Patent Look Like?
What does a quality patent look like? We evaluate patents every day. We underwrite investments in intellectual property, either for financing patents before they are written or for providing loans against patents that already exist. …
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VITY.CO Finances Four Patents Through BlueIron IP
VITY.CO FINANCES 4 PATENTS THROUGH BLUEIRON IP. Burbank, CA – VITY.CO, a leading innovator in social media influencer marketing, has financed its fourth patent through BlueIron IP. “BlueIron’s patent financing has freed up capital for…
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Colorado Code Craft Receives Patent Financing Investment from BlueIron IP
PRESS RELEASE – Loveland, Colorado – Colorado CodeCraft, a Denver-based software security and virtual reality company, is using BlueIron’s unique patent financing to keep their costs under control, but more importantly, get better patent protection…
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Exclusive Licenses Can Be More Valuable Than Owning Patents Outright
Photo by Aleksandar Savic on Unsplash Own or Rent? Exclusive Licenses Can Be More Valuable Than Owning Patents Outright. Patents encapsulate the hopes and dreams of a company and many investors, CEOs, and inventors have…
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Why IoT Patents are Hot
What are the hottest patents? IoT patents. Most people do not realize that there is an extensive, highly developed secondary market for patents. This market runs under the radar for the most part, with occasional…