Intellectual Property for Startups

Presentation at Startup Weekend Miami, May 21, 2011
http://miami.startupweekend.org/

Transcript

1. Startup Weekend Miami
2. 6 Questions •Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?
3. Who? •Who are you? •Entrepreneurs? •Background? •Others?
4. What? •Business? •Product •Service •Content •Digital product
5. How? •Business model? •Commodity •Service •Advertisement/Referral •Innovation
6. Patents, TM and © Oh My!
7. Patents, TM and © Oh My!
8. Patents, TM and © F.U.D. Oh My!
9. Primer on Intellectual Property
10. Primer on Intellectual Property
11. Intellectual Property for Startups
12. Intellectual?Property? for Startups?
13. Intellectual?Property? for Startups?
14. Intellectual?Property? for Startups?
15. 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.”
16. Phases of a Business •The Hero's Journey •Phases Idea > Startup > Funding or Bootstrap? > Release > Sales > Exit
17. Supply & Demand
18. IP for Startups
19. Types of Tasks
20. IP for Startups •Trademarks •Copyrights •Patents •Other: •Trade Secrets? •Unfair Competition?
21. Other Legal Issues •Agreements •Litigation
22. Credits: •Supply & Demand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Supply-demand-P.png •Stephen Covey matrix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MerrillCoveyMatrix.png
23. Michael Montgomery @Montgomery Patent & Intellectual Property Attorney, Internet Consultant, Friend of the Web. http://cwiplaw.com (Note: This is not legal advice. But you knew that already.)