tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post2695572429680475311..comments2024-03-27T12:49:05.975+00:00Comments on IP finance: So Which Is It for a Start-Up: A Patent or a Proto-Type?Anne Fairpohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579190868405783459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923005810906159036.post-21131993289819800312012-08-21T12:59:48.290+01:002012-08-21T12:59:48.290+01:00Neil
I believe this is not a very well posed ques...Neil<br /><br />I believe this is not a very well posed question. The reason is of course there are many types of startups and many business models.<br /><br />So a startup patent licensing entity will of course need to file patents whereas a startup open source software developer will not.<br /><br />The real question revolves around the role the entire intellectual property system, and not just patents, plays in supporting a startup's business model.<br /><br />The question I would ask is this: "Has a startup considered whether the uncertainty and risk relating to their business model merits the costs associated with patenting technology"<br /><br />This is a complex question to which there is no easy or formulaic answer and it is a question to which the answer is time dependent. <br /><br />Therefore the issue is whehter or not a startup can afford to have an IP strategy or not and to what extent patenting plays a role within that strategy. <br /><br />In my view this is something any startup ignores at their peril since it ignores a key lever of strategy that can be used by a company of any size, including startups.Fred Loguehttp://www.newmorningip.comnoreply@blogger.com