intellectual property for startups
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Startup Weekend
Miami
6 Questions
•Who, What, When, Where,Why, How?
Who?
•Who are you?•Entrepreneurs?•Background?•Others?
What?
•Business?•Product•Service•Content•Digital product
How?
•Business model?•Commodity•Service•Advertisement/Referral•Innovation
Patents, TM and ©
Oh My!
Patents, TM and ©
Oh My!
Patents, TM and ©F.U.D.
Oh My!
Primeron
Intellectual Property
Primeron
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property for
Startups
Intellectual?Property?
forStartups?
Intellectual?Property?
forStartups?
Intellectual?Property?
forStartups?
Why: IP System?
•U.S. Constitution:
“To promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.”
Phases of a Business
•The Hero's Journey•Phases
Idea > Startup > Funding or Bootstrap? > Release > Sales > Exit
Supply & Demand
IP for Startups
Types of Tasks
IP for Startups
•Trademarks•Copyrights•Patents•Other:•Trade Secrets?•Unfair Competition?
Other Legal Issues
•Agreements•Litigation
Credits:
•Supply & Demand:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Supply-demand-P.png
•Stephen Covey matrix:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MerrillCoveyMatrix.png
Michael Montgomery@MontgomeryPatent & Intellectual Property Attorney,Internet Consultant, Friend of the Web. http://cwiplaw.com
(Note: This is not legal advice. But you knew that already.)