By Zoli Erdos on July 9, 2010
NTP, the shell company whose only business is to extract ransom from real businesses does not sit on the $600 they extorted from RIM. They are now suing just about all the smartphone industry: Apple, Google, HTC, Microsoft, LG and Motorola. Is NTP the new SCO? Related posts: NTP Sues Apple, Google, Microsoft And Others [...]
Posted in General | Tagged Apple, cellular, extortion, google, HTC, intellectual property, ip, lawsuit, lg, microsoft, mobile market, motorola, ntp, patent troll, patents, sco, smartphones, wireless
By Mark Suster on July 27, 2009
This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC – the outline is here. One of the most nerve-racking things for entrepreneurs is when they need to “open the kimono” and show their strategies, products, plans and financial projections to VCs. This is especially true since many entrepreneurs know that the world of VC [...]
Posted in General | Tagged confidentiality, Entrepreneurship, intellectual property, ip, nda, non-disclosue, pitching a vc, startups, vc funding, venture capital
By Ben Kepes on February 27, 2009
I came across this post by Alexander Muse the other day telling a sorry tale. It would seem that someone contacted Alexander looking for advice and asking for an NDA. Alexander stated that he was too busy to partner but the other party kept trying. It soon became evident that the other party was in [...]
Posted in Strategy | Tagged embargo, frienda, intellectual property, ip, nda, patent troll, trust |
