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Crossing the Chasm (Amazon.com) by Geoffrey A. Moore.
The baseline text for marketing technology innovations. Provides a framework for understanding how the business world accepts or rejects technology. Some important ideas, tho' as with most business books, they are repeated incessantly (just in case you didn't catch them the first time, or the second time, or ...).
The Innovator's Dilemma (Amazon.com) by Clayton M. Christensen.
More of a theory book, about what types of technologies disrupt the market instead of simply growing the market. Useful in thinking about when to license to existing corporations vs. setting up a newco, as well as insights into choosing an entry point and positioning for new technology. Warning: this is an academic work. You'll be disappointed if you're looking for "how to make $$ in just minutes a day." (for that, see below;-)
Millions from the Mind (Amazon.com) by Alan R. Tripp.Despite its money-grubbing title, this is a good learn-by-example text for technology licensing. Lots of anecdotal stories, too lightly sketched to be called case studies, but nevertheless instructive. Includes a chapter for evaluating the likelihood of licensing a technology, and how to improve a technology's chances of being licensed.
Lessons (Amazon.com) by An Wang
The founder of Wang Computer (an extremely successful company before its demise due to a leadership transition) writes about his own experiences as a researcher at Harvard who wanted to make his research "real." The inventor of magnetic core memory describes the gradual growth of a company that grew from strength to strength. Lessons from a kinder, gentler era of non-VC funded company building.
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American Intellectual Property Law Association
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
One Year Rule U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
USPTO Trademarks
The Software Patent Institute
European Patent Office (EPO)
Patent Cafe
IBM's Patent Server
Franklin Pierce Law Center
R. Mark Halligan's Trade Secrets -Trade Secrets Case Law Database, the Trade Secretsl Law Forum and the new Trade Secret Law Slideshow feature. Yankee Invention Exposition
National Venture Capital Association
National Association of Seed and Venture Funds U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright Web Site
Stanford's Copyright & Fair Use
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
Copyright Clearance Center Online
Copyright Basics Internet Law Library
US Departmen of Justice
Oppendahl & Larson Law
Technology Law Resource
e-Law.com
Intellectual Property Law
Copy Right Law
Woods, Rogers and Hazelgrove Law Firm New Jersey Treasury Department - this site provides general information on types of business structures, business registration in NJ and tax requirements.
US Small Business Administration - general resources and information on starting a business.
US Small Business Start-Up - How to start a small business, finding the money that you need, regulations, SBA assistance and more
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University System of Georgia
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