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Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 27, 2014
The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.
Gust
OCTOBER 19, 2014
The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.
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YoungUpstarts
DECEMBER 13, 2013
This is when minor inefficiencies that crept in during the startup phase seem to escalate overnight, and planning for long-term growth is often put on the back burner as your team scrambles to meet daily demands. Operations can very quickly get stretched or divided, and if a senior manager leaves, there’s no one left to fill the void.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 13, 2012
The bad news is that patent trolls (non-practicing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the continuing mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. The USPTO operates on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 7, 2011
This patent holding company is charging infringement and demanding royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. The USPTO operates on the doctrine of “first to invent,” rather than first to patent. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.
YoungUpstarts
MAY 21, 2012
All businesses begin with a specific idea in mind, and although some stick to exactly what they started with, it’s much more common to find that a business has grown and evolved over time to keep up with changes in supply, demand, and even resource availability. The last of the textile operations were shut down in 1985.
The Startup Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Polk says the biggest difference at Implus is that as CEO “I spend much more time doing the brand and business development work directly with my team as opposed to focusing on resource allocation and having to work through layers in the organization to influence the demand-creation or cost-reduction choices people are making.
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