Intellectual Property--The Four Elements of Intellectual Property

Almost every entrepreneur has heard that it’s important to protect the idea and most have heard about patents. But in addition to patents there are other forms of protection that come under the name of Intellectual Property. They are



Trade Secrets--information about your product/service that is not publicly known

Trade Patents--protection based on legal means through the US patent office

Copyrights--set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work

Trademarks-- a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity to identify that the products or services.



A robust intellectual property strategy for your business includes all of the above. Some recommend you start with trade secrets and only move to patents if necessary. Using copyrights and trademarks you can add additional layers of protection around your business.



For a software business many startups talk about their patents, but most angels know that patent protection is weak at best in the software world since there are many ways to work around a patent if someone wants to duplicate the idea. A better measure is to calculate the cost of duplicating the software including design, coding, build out, and most importantly data set build out.



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Hall T.

Manipulasi Update Status Facebook

Facebook adalah situs jejaring sosial yang sangat popuper saat ini. Pada kebanyakan pengguna Facebook tidak bisa mengingkari ada sifat narsis atau ingin pamer, baik ingin memamerkan hasil karya, foto, dan yang lainnya.

Berkaitan dengan update status Facebook, banyak yang akan bangga sekali jika ada gambar/logo gadget keren jika update status. Misalnya jika update status menggunakan Blackberry maka akan muncul logo Blackberry di status Facebook.

Berikut ini tips update status dari komputer/laptop seolah-olah update dengan menggunakan gadget-gadget tersebut di atas.

Langkah-langkahnya cukup sederhana:

1. Login terlebih dahulu di situs jejaring sosial Facebook.
2. Jika gambar/logo gadget yang dinginkan adalah Blackberry silahkan ikuti link berikut ini: Update via Blackberry
3. Jika gambar/logo gadget yang dinginkan adalah gambar Apple iPad silahkan ikuti link berikut ini: Update via Apple iPad
4. Silahkan update status Anda.

Setelah selesai maka Facebook Anda akan terupdate disertai ada logo gadget yang telah dipilih. Tips tersebut hanya sekedar share saja tidak ada tujuan membantu narsis (^0^). Silahkan mencoba.

Semoga bermanfaat.

Startup Weekend will be coming to Austin at CoSpace

Startup Weekend will be coming to Austin at CoSpace (http://cospaceatx.com/) the weekend of September 10th-12th, 2010.

Startup Weekend (http://www.startupweekend.org) recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality.

Featured in Forbes, TechCrunch, NY Times and more, Startup Weekend continues to make the buzz with success in more than 100 cities world-wide. Thanks to Joey Pomerenke (http://www.twitter.com/joeypomerenke) of Startup Weekend for bringing the event to Austin for the first time.

“Startup Weekend is a perfect opportunity for entrepreneurs and the local tech scene to network, but also meet potential co-founders and hopefully leave the weekend with a new startup. It is a must attend event if you want to network, find co-founders or just spend the weekend with some passionate and smart people. –Joey Pomerenke”

If you want to be a part of Startup Weekend Austin you should act fast and buy a ticket because participation is limited to the first 75 and tickets are selling fast! Tickets are $75 and include meals and beverages for the entire weekend.

To register now, click here: http://austin.startupweekend.org/tickets/

When: September 10th-12th, 2010
Where: CoSpace (http://cospaceatx.com/)

For more information visit http://austin.startupweekend.org/