Tech IPO Anxiety- Part II December 3rd, 2010Tech IPO Highlights: Part two of Jeff Bussgang’s examination of the health of the east coast IPO economy and prospective pipeline explores the New York IPO scene. Read it here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Alternative Financing Options for Start-up Entrepreneurs December 2nd, 2010Finance, Accounting & Compensation Highlights: Interesting article on royalty financing featuring MMM’s John Yates. Read it here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
“Selling a Business”–New White Paper December 2nd, 2010M & A Highlights: Practical pointers for optimal results when selling a business. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Tech IPO Anxiety- Part I December 2nd, 2010Tech IPO Highlights: Flybridge Capital Partner, Jeff Bussgang, evaluates the health of the east coast IPO economy and prospective pipeline. Read it here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Top 100 Venture Capital Firms Announced December 1st, 2010Venture Capital Highlights: Silicon Valley VC network announces their list of the top 100 VC firms leading the industry. Read article here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Applied Materials, Samsung Settle Espionage Dispute December 1st, 2010Recent Legal News Highlights: Chipmaker Applied Materials has agreed to provide Samsung with multi-year volume rebates on semiconductor goods in order to avoid civil suits alleging Applied employees in Korea stole and leaked semiconductor technology to Samsung rival Hynix. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Fiddle with Patents December 1st, 2010Patents/IP U.S. Supreme Court Continues to Fiddle with Patents Court Will Review Burden of Proving Patent Invalidity When Prior Art Was Not Before Examiner by: John R. Harris * * * * * On November 29, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal in the case of Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership, U.S. Supreme Court No. 10-290, cert. granted 11/30/2010. This case will consider the question whether the invalidity of a patent must be proved by “clear and convincing” evidence when the prior art presented at a court trial was not considered by the USPTO examiner during prosecution of the patent. The Read More
New Clean Tech M&A Report December 1st, 2010Clean Tech/Green Energy, M & A Highlights: Clean Tech industry experiences growth with more exits and later stage investments in Q3 2010. View Report. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Oracle’s $1.3B Verdict Over SAP Threatens to Dampen Profitability for Growing Third Party Tech Support Market November 30th, 2010Recent Legal News Profitability of third party tech support companies in danger? Read about it here. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
About “Face”: Facebook Gets Approval to Register Trademark FACE November 30th, 2010Patents/IP About “Face”: Facebook gets approval to register trademark FACE John R. Harris Partner, Technology/IP Group News reports last week reveal that Facebook, Inc. has received a Notice of Allowance on its application to register the word FACE for telecommunication services. Specifically, the company applied to register the term in 2005 and encountered some resistance for several years, but was able to overcome that resistance by staying away from cars and motoring and with other actions. The particular services for which the mark will be registered are these: “Telecommunication services, namely, providing online chat rooms and Read More