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Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Maximizing Value for Space-Tech Start Ups

Houston, we fixed it. When an oxygen tank exploded during the Apollo 13 mission, the crew resorted to plastic covers from manuals and duct tape to return home. Now, the International Space Station has 3D printers capable of...more

IR Global

A Guide to SEP: Standard Essential Patents for Tech Startups

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Join Katherine Evans from Mirkwood Evans Vincent, as she sits down with IR Global’s Expertise Unlocked podcast host Jennifer Riggins to discuss everything you need to know about Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), and the...more

Fenwick & West LLP

IP as an Investment Magnet - Why VCs Prioritize Companies with Strong IP Strategies

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Investors in deep tech don’t just evaluate technology—they evaluate defensibility. A company’s IP portfolio is often the difference between getting funded and being passed over....more

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Building a Defensible IP Portfolio in Deep Tech

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Deep tech companies operate in high-stakes environments where technology differentiation is everything. A weak or fragmented IP strategy early on can lead to missteps that are difficult to unwind later....more

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Considerations When Contracting with Academic Spinouts

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Due in part to the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which incentivized universities to commercialize their technology, the number of academic spinouts has grown in recent years. This is particularly true in the life sciences space,...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Fedtrade Podcast - Mike Papineau, CEO of RideFlag Technologies

We recently interviewed Mike Papineau, CEO of RideFlag Technologies in Ontario, Canada for our Fedtrade® podcast. RideFlag has successfully partnered with highway systems across the United States to validate passenger count...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Startup e Innovazione: le novità per il 2025

La legge 16 dicembre 2024, n.193 introduce significative modifiche normative che riguardano le startup innovative, gli incubatori certificati e gli investimenti nel settore delle nuove imprese tecnologiche. Queste...more

Lowndes

Protecting Your Innovation and Boosting Your Business

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Whether you’re a startup founder, an innovator, or a multi-national corporation, understanding the strategic importance of patents can transform the way you protect and leverage your intellectual property (IP) portfolio....more

Goodwin

The Rapid Rise of AI, in Five Charts

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With remarkable speed, AI has evolved from an intriguing concept into a practical business tool that is drawing large investments and more regulatory oversight. The launch of generative AI (GenAI) tools in late 2022 helped...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Avoiding Pitfalls: IP “Dos and Don’ts” for High-Tech Start Ups

Starting a high-tech company is a difficult, exhausting, and thrilling endeavor – one in which founders will face seemingly endless challenges, deadlines, and make or break decisions. From a venture’s inception, founders face...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Government Funding Opportunities for SMEs

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The lack of readily available funds that often exists within a growing small or medium technology enterprise (Tech-SME) can result in management having to juggle many competing priorities; unfortunately, this sometimes means...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Digital Health Report - Fall 2018

Evaluating Prospective Partners When Scaling Your Digital Health Company (Part 2) - In Part 1 of this article from our last Digital Health Report, we looked at the opportunities and some of the potential limitations of...more

WilmerHale

In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - September, 2018 #2

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What Would a Blockchain Patent War Look Like? Large corporations have begun to patent blockchain technologies relating to their core businesses. ...more

Snell & Wilmer

Shortsighted Thinking Can Lead to Worthless Patents

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A. The Goal Is to Make Money and Not to Merely Get a Patent. A patent defines a piece of intellectual property. Analogous to the size of a parcel of land, the size of a patent (usually referred to as its scope) is...more

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In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - June, 2017

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Some interesting links we found across the web this week: HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Tackled an Issue That’s all too Familiar to Startups: The Threat of Frivolous Patent Litigation - The threat of frivolous patent...more

BakerHostetler

Denial of a Preliminary Injunction Against Twilio

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Twilio, Inc. is a cloud communications company that earlier this year raised $100 million in funding, a figure that placed it in the Unicorn Club—those startup companies with valuations over a billion dollars. Twilio has made...more

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