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Foodtech Patents: Who’s on the Board and What Moves are they Making?

The alternative (“alt-“) animal products industry is growing increasingly more popular each year, causing an increased demand in foods made from plant proteins or cultured in a lab. As more alt-animal products emerge, the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Does Your Startup Own Its Intellectual Property? The Answer Is Frequently Not as Clear as It Seems

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

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Remodeling your Artificial Intelligence IP Strategy: Top 3 reasons to invest in your IP

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Artificial intelligence has weaved its way into almost every industry, from detecting cancer to predicting employee performance to teaching robots and vehicles to use all kinds of sensor data to make human-like decisions in...more

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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

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Think Twice Before You Speak – Intellectual Property And Public Disclosure

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Every company, but especially startups, looks for a competitive edge to provide an advantage over other companies. Intellectual property (“IP”) rights and the strategy of how to leverage them may separate a startup from other...more

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The Blockchain Revolution: Time to Ramp Up Your Software Patenting Effort?

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As you read this article, hundreds of startups and other organizations are working on blockchain applications in such areas as energy trading, data storage trading, peer-to-peer lending, and verifying professional or other...more

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Becoming a Unicorn Fintech by Shoring Up Intellectual Property

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Investment in fintech companies is at an all-time high. “Unicorns” are start-ups that have valuations of more than 1 billion dollars. The majority of the unicorns are in the fintech industry. Fintech companies are often agile...more

Law Matters

Top 5 Patent Red Flags in Life Sciences Due Diligence

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Since IP represents 75 to 90% of the value of life science transactions, due diligence is a critical component of the valuation process....more

Knobbe Martens

10 Intellectual Property Pitfalls Every Startup Should Avoid

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Partner Thomas Yee and Associate Jonathan Menkes presented "10 IP Pitfalls Startups Should Avoid" to a group of local startup companies. ...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

MBHB Snippets: A review of developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 14, Issue 3

Supplemental Examination: Potential Benefits vs. Guaranteed Risks - The America Invents Act of 2011 introduced supplemental examination of patents as a post-grant process intended to limit expensive and unpredictable...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Intellectual Property and the Venture-Funded Startup

One of the most commonly used buzzwords by the media and investors is the term “startup,” which is generally used to describe an entrepreneurial venture with the goals of rapid growth and immediate impact on a market....more

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Infringement Case Shows Difficulty of Protecting Intellectual Property

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KFx Medical Corp. filed its patent applications like any startup would and with the same goal: protecting its intellectual property. Sometimes, that’s not an easy thing to do, especially if the infringing company is...more

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7 Intellectual Property Issues Startup Entrepreneurs Should Not Overlook

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When startups are in the whirlwind of launching a new product or strategizing a marketing plan, there are crucial intellectual property issues that should not be overlooked. Here are seven things startups should know about IP...more

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7 Essential IP Law Considerations for Startup Entrepreneurs

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Ask any startup veteran: intellectual property can make or break a successful exit. Here are seven things every startup should know about intellectual property law....more

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Trademark Strategies for Start-Up Companies

Most innovative start-up companies appreciate that a sound patent strategy is critical to success in the marketplace, and in making the company attractive to investors and future acquirers. But they overlook the importance of...more

JD Supra Perspectives

Who Wins With Google's New Patent Marketplace (Other Than Google)?

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There’s something off about Google’s Patent Purchase Promotion....more

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5 Intellectual Property Considerations for Startups - Part II

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Time and time again, many startups tout their solution as better, faster or more user friendly than their competitors’, not realizing that the competitors also make the same claims. By doing so, they sound like every other...more

Cooley LLP

8 Legal To-Dos Before Your First Investment

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So, you’re about to raise money for the first time. Good luck! Before you start approaching VC firms for pitch opportunities, though, be aware that investors typically expect a certain amount of organization and structure...more

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IP Strategies for Software Tech Companies

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In This Presentation: - Key IP Concerns for Software Tech Companies - New Post-Grant Proceedings for Challenging Patents - Impact of Alice on Software Patents and the Importance of Building a Strong Patent...more

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Not Everyone Can Run Elon Musk’s Playbook

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If anything, Musk’s letter actually underscores the need for a cohesive patent strategy at the outset, when large competitors can easily copy your efforts....more

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