Perspective
Oct. 30, 2014
Startups need to start protecting IP from the start
Cash-strapped startups are always focused on the corporate structure and investor documents, but rarely on the need to protect their intellectual property. This is a mistake. By Richard E. Neff
These days, quite a few startups focus on creating apps for Apple's App Store as well as the Android platform. Others are ecommerce sites. At any rate, most inventions, or apps and software, are best protected by patent or copyright, or both. Unfortunately, cash-strapped startups often defer protecting their putative crown jewels. They are always focused on the corporate structure and investor documents, but rarely on the need to protect th...
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