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Software Patents are Becoming a Tax on Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The bad news is that patent trolls can squeeze the lifeblood out of innocent and unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the current mess around Lodsys patent No. Different rules around the world.

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DefCon 22 | DISOBEY!

Tech Zulu Event

” Of course, the problem of telephone spam is more than a mere annoyance, as fraudsters do succeed in pilfering private information – and money – from innocent people. I’ve been advised to go as far as to take the battery out of my mobile-phone for fear that “hackers” are going to steal my information.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

A startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face. Your lawyer is a trusted advisor, but in the end, you run your business, your lawyer does not. In Search of an Oxymoron – The Ideal Lawyer.