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Startups
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GT Israel Law Blog
Israeli Start-Ups: Are Provisional Patents Part of Your Strategy?
Israel consistently has one of the highest per capita rates of patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In 2013 alone, 3,152 patents were granted by…
Tax
The Murray Inquiry – Start-ups and crowdfunding
The Murray Report describes certain tax distortions in relation to start-ups and notes the need for better targeted tax settings to facilitate innovation, acknowledgement of the barrier to fundraising caused…
GT TechVenture Views
UC Ventures: How one very large public university system is setting an example. Or is it?
Over the summer, the University of California (UC) System, with President Janet Napolitano at the helm, shifted a fundamental policy common with many university systems. She rescinded the “Guidelines on…
GT TechVenture Views
A First Look at New York City’s Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
It was great to see the New York entrepreneurial community and the next generation of entrepreneurs gather at this year’s Columbia Business School (CBS) Fall Venture Fair, which was held on…
Global Workplace Insider
Agreement making by ‘start ups’
By Helene Lee
In a decision which considered agreement making for “start ups”, the Fair Work Commission has held that there was nothing unusual or untoward in a relatively new business making an…
Business and Commercial
Venture for America announces its first Miami class
In yet another sign that the Miami tech scene is poised for continued growth, Venture for America (VFA), a nonprofit organization that recruits bright college graduates and places them in…
Business and Commercial
Miami’s Entrepreneurial Landscape Evolves
Guest blog post written by Seth Werner, Chairman/CEO Harbour Real Estate Corporation. In 2013, Miami raked in about $300 million in venture capital, a staggering jump from previous years. While…
Inside Privacy
Covington at #SXSWV2V: Lean Privacy Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs
At last week’s second annual South by Southwest (“SXSW”) V2V conference, described as “an extension and re-imagining of the legendary SXSW experience with an emphasis on the creative spark that…
The Right Coast
Young Bankers Fed Up With 90-Hour Weeks Move to Startups – Bloomberg
It was a Friday in the fall of 2004 and Umber Ahmad had been invited to read a poem at the wedding of one of her closest friends. She was…
The Venture Alley
Startups seeking crowdfunding: Avoiding patent pitfalls
By Trent Dykes
CONTRIBUTED BY Blake William Jackson blake.jackson@dlapiper.com Many startup companies want to change the world with their great new ideas – but, in an effort to raise funds, some jeopardize their…