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How to start a small business
If you are looking into how to start a small business this article is designed to give you some pointers of what you should be looking at in the Start-up stage of a business - at this stage in the life cycle of a business the considerations and planning needed fall into the following categories: - Decide on whether to should I buy a business or set up a business from scratch or even buy a franchise business. There are relative merits of each route, as discuss in the article link here. A franchise is a good route to take where you are seeking banking finance, as banks like franchises. - Decide on a name for the business - if you are starting from scratch, you must then consider protecting your name and of course your idea if it is an invention by using the patent protection process.
The conditions of Compulsory Licensing under the TRIPS Agreement
An overview of the conditions under which compulsory licensing may be triggered under the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

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Wikipedia for Patents
John Funk, an entrepreneur (I’m an investor in John’s newest company – Evergreen IP) and friend has a innovative proposal up concerning changing the rules on the current patent system. I’ve been on both sides of the patent aisle with John – we like to joke that early on in our relationship John’s company sued one of my companies (and then my company sued John’s company back) for patent infringement (the companies settled several years later for a cross license and $1 – much to the delight of the lawyers who got all the bucks.) Fortunately we got past all that crap and have developed a nice friendship.
Intellectual Property FAQs
What is a patent and how do I know if my invention is eligible for a patent?
What Does Google Look for in Links?
Reading Google's patent filing it appears that they rely heavily on web site links and anchor text in their algorithm. The items below were some of the items the patent said they look for:
Basics of US Patent Law
United States has the most expansive patent subject matter in the world. US Patent Office has granted patents to living organism, computer software, business methods, new alphabets and countless.

Patent Law India
Patent law has been formulated with an objective to promote and protect the inventions and methods. The object of granting a patent is to encourage and develop science, technology and industry. A patent can be defined as a grant of exclusive rights to an inventor over his invention for a limited period of time. The exclusive rights conferred include the right to make, use, exercise, sell or distribute the invention in India. The term of a patent is twenty years, after the expiry of which, the invention would fall into the public domain.

Product Patent Regime in India
The major concern that the social and economic costs of introducing pharmaceutical patents are likely to outweigh the benefits in the case of most developing countries suggests a cautious approach to intellectual property protection in the area of pharmaceuticals. On the other side, there is also evidence that the patent system has a detrimental impact on pharmaceutical prices, particularly if the product itself is protectable.
Software Patents: Time for a Change
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. I don’t have much conviction that it really does stop competitors, but I do know the rule of thumb that every patent will add $1M to your startup valuation for investors, or for M&A exits (merger and acquisition). Yet the software patent process is a mess. I say this with conviction even after I survived the process, and have a software patent pending.

So You Have An Invention
We get a lot of questions regarding inventions: Where do I start? How can I sell my idea? Is it legal? How can I know that I am not infringing on someone else's patent? Do I need a patent?
Is Your Purpose Patent Still Pending?
Lots of business owners sit around the office tinkering with the notion of that one great innovation to be patented on the road to riches. Well, I think we’ve all got a patent in us but, for many, that patent remains forever pending. The patent I’m referring to is the “purpose patent” – your personal connection to work the serves a deeper purpose. That patent doesn’t need approval from the USPTO, it only needs approval from you.
The importance of domain pre-payment in relationship to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)!
Google's Patent application became public information according to United States Patent Application 20050071741 on March 31, 2005 Serial No.: 748664 Filed: December 31, 2003. On that day, once I had printed the document out, I took the remainder of the day off to study the patent at home. Before the day was over, I'd made a discovery worthy of testing over a three month period. This article details the finding of my three month test. While most search engine optimizers will tell you that it's good to pay in advance, few will tell you to do it for a full ten years in advance and upon reading this article, you'll understand why I do!
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