Getting the most out of a bootstrapped IP budget
(Editor’s note: Cecily O’Regan is a registered patent attorney and member of the Intellectual Property & Technology Group at Greenberg Traurig LLP. She submitted this story to VentureBeat.)
Building an IP portfolio can be expensive. And pursuing international rights can be a daunting expense for a young organization – – especially if it’s self-funded.
But there are ways to keep overall costs down during a company’s early stages – and this frugality (and a well thought out… Continue Reading
Jajah gets $20M, and Intel patent to take on Skype
Jajah, the Internet telephone company living up to its “scrappy” reputation, has just pulled in $20 million from the venture capital arm of giant chip maker Intel and others.
This is a big endorsement for the young company, which goes up against a multitude of competitors. It now plans to target Skype, armed with a valuable patent it will borrow courtesy of Intel.
Jajah also signaled it is about to obtain funding from a major telecommunications company… Continue Reading