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The IP Landmine That Can Kill Your Startup’s Exit: Avoiding Common Ownership Pitfalls

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Unclear intellectual property (IP) ownership can pose significant challenges for startups, especially during a sale process (i.e., M&A) or investment rounds. Investors and buyers meticulously examine the chain of title for IP...more

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How Intellectual Property Protection Fuels Growth in Tech Startups

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Strategic protection of intellectual property (IP) is crucial for driving the growth and sustainability of high-tech startups, enabling them to secure their innovations, maintain a competitive edge, and strengthen their...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

How IP Can Fuel Your Startup's Growth

A startup's intellectual property portfolio can be the difference between success and failure, fueling growth and maximizing an exit. This webinar breaks down the different types of IP that can be of value to...more

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

Fenwick & West LLP

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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How Startups Can Position Their IP Portfolios to Attract Investors

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When startups seek funding, the conversation often centers on market size, traction, or revenue models. Yet intellectual property (IP) is just as pivotal. A robust IP strategy not only boosts valuation but also reassures...more

IR Global

Building an Exitable Company

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When it comes to protecting intellectual property (IP), there are always “miles to go before you can sleep.” A mid-stage business with proven concepts, realizing revenue and planning for growth, revisiting, and building a...more

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Assessing a Startup’s IP: Key Questions to Ask

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As an investor, you know that a startup’s intellectual property (IP) can be among its most valuable assets. A strong IP portfolio not only helps secure a company’s unique market position but also reduces competitive threats...more

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Maximizing Intellectual Property Protection: Balancing Patents and Trade Secrets for Startups

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Founders and their startups are typically at the forefront of ever-evolving fields, from space exploration and satellites to life-saving medical devices and medicines. Safeguarding intellectual property is critical for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Bizarre Dispute Between AI-Biotech Startup and Former Executive Ends in Trade Secret TRO, For Now

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With a factual background that resembles a bad Hollywood script, the most recent chapter in the ongoing dispute between former co-founder of Trilobio, Keoni Gandall (defendant), and Trilobio and his two former partners and...more

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The Life Cycle of a Business - A Podcast wtih Janathan Allen

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The Life Cycle of a Business podcast discusses the many phases of a company’s life: startup, business planning, the selection of an entity, as well as the importance of business succession planning. Ms. Allen touches on the...more

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

How I Protected My Intellectual Property on a Lean Budget

Guest Post By Leena Chitnis, Founder & CEO, Timberdog® In today’s fast-paced business environment, intellectual property (IP) has become an invaluable asset for emerging companies. IP refers to the legal rights that are...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

What are IP Assignment Agreements?

For the high-growth startups we represent (and into which our venture capital clients invest), intellectual property (IP) is typically the core asset driving the company’s value. Ensuring that the company’s IP is properly...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Failures Are Valuable IP: Protect Your Startup’s Negative Trade Secrets

Technology companies and start-ups are familiar with protecting inventions with patents, and protecting their secret formulas, source code, and algorithms as trade secrets. But tech companies may not be aware of another...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

Holland & Knight LLP

Commercializing Your Startup's Big Secret Without Losing Its Value (Part 2)

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In our first post, we discussed the scope of trade secret protection, as well as how a trade secret is established and enforced. In this second post, we discuss trade secret “hygiene” – that is, best practices for maintaining...more

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Commercializing Your Startup's Big Secret Without Losing Its Value

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Congratulations! Your startup is developing a revolutionary product or service that has the potential to transform an industry. Whatever the nature of that new product or service, at its core is an innovation – perhaps an...more

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How to Protect Your Startup Intellectual Property (IP), with Trevor Schmidt

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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

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JFTC and METI Proposes Guidelines for Business Collaboration with Startups and Investment in Startups

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On December 23, 2021, the Japan Fair Trade Commission ("JFTC") and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ("METI") proposed a draft of Guidelines for Business Collaboration with Startups and Investment in Startups...more

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Intellectual Property Portfolio Development for BioTech Startups in the Plant Space [Webinar]

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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

Cooley LLP

Blog - Trade Secret Management in the United States: Top Ten Mistakes to Avoid

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Whether you are running a startup or leading an established corporation, trade secrets can provide a competitive edge under US law—if handled properly. Unfortunately, that edge can be whittled away, or vanish immediately, if...more

Knobbe Martens

Utility Patents: Another Strategy to Protect Your Beauty and Cosmetic Portfolio

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On October 27, 2020, the District Court in the Western District of Texas issued its Final Judgment in L’Oreal USA Creative, Inc. v. Drunk Elephant, LLC, 1:18-cv-00982 (W.D.Tex.), which approved the Joint Stipulation of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

IP Basics for Start-Ups and Small Enterprises: What Growing Companies Need to Know About Respecting, Acquiring, and Enforcing...

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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

Morgan Lewis

Considerations for Operating or Working With Tech Startups in Automotive and Mobility

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The automotive and mobility technology space continues to grow in line with the speed of automotive innovations. Startups are playing a key role in developing these cutting-edge technologies, including in autonomous driving,...more

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Japan Insight: Japan’s Tech Innovation in Automotive and Mobility: What Investors and Startups Should Know

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Led in part by Japan, the third largest auto-producing nation in the world, the automotive and mobility technology space continues to grow at speeds as fast as the fastest new automotive innovations. Startups are playing a...more

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