by Stephen Key | Sep 25, 2020 | Toy and Novelty Gift Industry
Post Views: 390 After 20 years of being in business, this is what I know for sure: Making customer service a priority is one of your best forms of protection, hands down. What does putting your customer first look like in practice? Asking them about their experience....
by Stephen Key | Sep 25, 2020 | Inventing 101
Post Views: 436 I received Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by the Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou for Christmas, and wow! This is a startup story on steroids! It is one hell of a page-turner for any entrepreneur. The book —...
by Stephen Key | Aug 21, 2018 | Intellectual Property and IP Strategy
Post Views: 398 This is the second half of my interview with John Ferrell, a longtime Silicon Valley patent attorney and angel investor, about intellectual property protection for software. (Read the first half here.) Ferrell has advised early stage technology...
by Stephen Key | Aug 21, 2018 | Intellectual Property and IP Strategy
Post Views: 474 Obtaining patent protection for software is notoriously challenging. Software may have a very short shelf life. It’s difficult to describe precisely. There are issued patents that are written too broadly. In a 3-part series published in 2012, Eric...
by Stephen Key | Aug 21, 2018 | Intellectual Property and IP Strategy
Post Views: 435 Startups are extremely busy. As a result, protecting their assets can take a backseat. I hear it firsthand all the time. “Intellectual property? Oh, our attorneys are handling that.” Huh? Leaving the responsibility of crafting an intellectual property...