Seeing into the Future: Moving Beyond AI to Visual Intelligence with Oculi CEO Charbel Rizk
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 204: Accelerating Life Sciences Startups with James Chappell of SCbio
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - Why Raise Capital?
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - The Aspects of Raising Capital from Start-Ups to More Established Companies
Embracing Change & Community: The Keys To Startup Success With Chris Heivly
The Best of Founder Shares: Highlights Wisdom of Season's Guests
Welcome to “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices”
Legal Challenges Part 1 – Setting Up Your Startup for Success
A Conversation with Janade du Plessis of Launch Africa Ventures: Balancing Sustainable Development with ROI
The Force is Strong with this One – Success and Paying it Forward with Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor and Spiffy Scot Wingo
Hunting Outsized Returns with Jason Caplain of Bull City Venture Partners
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 182: Life Sciences Startups and Leadership with Scott Pancoast of Zylo Therapeutics
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
From Academia to the Marketplace: The Ins and Outs of University Spinout Licenses with Dan O’Korn
Food for Thought and Thoughts on Food: A Discussion on Scaling in Food and Other Industries
Staying on Track and Giving Back with Bill Spruill
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 171: Laura Gunter, President of the NC Life Sciences Organization
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 170: Joel Gates, Senior Director of Operations for Azzur Cleanrooms on Demand
A View From the Starting Line – A Conversation with Teenpreneur Tierney Schmidt
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Innovation, agriculture, and technology took center stage at San Diego’s first AgTech Hackathon. The event took place October 21 – 23 in the city of Escondido, a key farming hub in San Diego County looking to attract agtech...more
Intellectual property can be among the most important assets that a startup owns, especially as the startup begins to distinguish itself or seek investment. Making sure that the startup actually owns and can protect its...more
Orrick's Founder Series offers monthly top tips for UK startups on key considerations at each stage of their lifecycle, from incorporating a company through to possible exit strategies...more
Trevor Schmidt is guesting today to talk all about intellectual property - the different kinds of IP, mistakes he sees startups making and the IP steps you should take when founding a company. If you have questions on...more
Benjamin Franklin famously cautioned that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Although Franklin was warning the people of Philadelphia that preventing a fire is better than fighting one, the same admonition...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: No, NFTs Aren’t Copyrights - Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seem like a viable way for artists to sell art online. But to what extent does this new crypto asset...more
As a foreign entrepreneur starting or expanding your business in the U.S., even if you are not selling literary or artistic items, you may be able to take advantage of copyright protection for advertising and promotional...more
Supreme Court Rules in Google’s Favor in Copyright Dispute with Oracle Over Android Software - After the Supreme Court's April 6 decision in Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021), the computer software...more
March is over, a new month begins. Congrats on the Final Four to the Zags, Cougars, Bears and Bruins. Opening Day is upon us, it’s time to play ball, And battle for the World Series title deep into the fall. Enough setting...more
Mary Sylvia has nearly 30 years experience in microbiology and patent law. Trained initially as a molecular virologist, she focuses primarily on biotech plant and pharmaceutical patent law and the development of intellectual...more
Some interesting links we found across the web this week: How to File a DMCA Takedown and Protect Your Reputation - The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, or DMCA, was an attempt to extend US copyright laws to...more
This article is based on a presentation made at the Association of Corporate Counsel’s 2020 Annual Meeting. Creighton Frommer, Chief IP, Technology & Procurement Counsel at RELX, and Melissa Fruge, Chief Legal Officer at...more
On June 7, 2019, the highly controversial EU Copyright Directive (“Directive”) came into force, requiring EU Member States to transpose its provisions into national law by June 7, 2021. To recap, the most relevant...more
Attorney Elizabeth M. Sbardellati recently presented "Trademarks & Copyrights: How to Protect Your IP Without Breaking the Bank" to a group of women startup owners as part of the Women Founders Network organization. A summary...more