A while back, I wrote a short piece on the role patents hold for a small business. There are many solid reasons for seeking and gaining patent protection. For a small, technical business, two of the larger reasons are to add value and to open lines of communication....
The Congress shall have the power “To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries” Article I Section 8 Clause 8 United States Constitution....
Chances are, if you find yourself reading this, you already know some of the ways open-source software (OSS) standards affect software development. Even so, developing software for the federal government presents its own special set of issues that are further...
Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos. Popular culture likes to cultivate the myth of the maverick entrepreneur, often attributing the innovation in a company to a lone genius. The reality is that innovative companies cannot and should not rely on singular flashes of...
Investments enable companies to expand, hire new talent, build new production lines, establish fresh distribution channels, conduct more research and development and pursue other opportunities too numerous to list. There is no surprise that investors look at these...
In an insightful article, “What Happened at Theranos and How Does That Impact the Perception of Intellectual Property?”, we examine the fraud trial of Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former CEO of Theranos, Inc. The company claimed to have revolutionized the blood...
