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Life Science Collaboration Agreements

Posted on February 27, 2012 by admin| 1 Comment

Inspired by the music from Steve Jobs 1984 introduction of the Macintosh, I have put together my nuts and bolts of a Life Sciences Collaboration Agreement.

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What is a Technology Transaction?

Posted on November 25, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

With the help of a new tool called Prezi – and  a couple of New Yorker cartoons – I have now graduated from “one page” to a “single canvas.”   Click on the “play” button to navigate around the canvas and use “full screen mode” for best viewing.

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Legends of Caltech

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

When someone in my dorm asked me “would you like a photo of the Caltech prank on the Hollywood sign?” I never thought it would eventually be the basis of a full-length feature movie called Legends of Caltech which is being made 20 years later!

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Reseller vs. License Agreement

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin| 3 Comments

Back by popular demand, I asked my 12-year old daughter to help me illustrate the difference between a Reseller and a License Agreement. Claude Debussy’s “Children’s Corner” made the perfect background music.

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Posted in Licensing Provisions, TechTransaction

What do Lawyers Do?

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

When my daughter asked me the perennial question: “Dad, what does a lawyer do?”, I showed her this cartoon*:

* Licensed with permission from the New Yorker

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Posted in Personal

License Animation Project

Posted on September 15, 2011 by admin| 1 Comment

Inspired by Caltech’s Mechanical Universe Project, I made a short video comparing the typical grant language of a software license, a biotech license and a patent license, all in about 60 seconds.

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Startup Company Forms

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

My former Venture Law Group colleague and Harvard Law School graduate, Jeff Thomas, has been teaching entrepreneurship courses in various law and business programs. He formed his own company CrazyBrains LLC with the goal of helping entrepreneurs by open sourcing startup corporate forms. Here is his nicely put together one-pager.


Click here for downloadable PDF: Startup Company Forms

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Posted in Corporate

IP Ownership in Joint Development

Posted on August 31, 2011 by admin| 2 Comments

After watching Sal Khan and the Khan Academy, it left me feeling envious of his abilities and talent, but also inspired to try and emulate his video concept.  With the help of my 12 year old daughter Maya, I have made a video which explains IP ownership in a joint development agreement on 1 page in about 100 seconds:

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Posted in Intellectual Property

My “trivial” homage to Steve Jobs

Posted on August 20, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

In looking at the countless tributes and collections of quotes from Steve Jobs, it occurred to me that he was probably pretty good at the game Trivial Pursuit.  Here are 6 quotes that made me think why:

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Einstein on Branding

Posted on August 13, 2011 by admin| Leave a comment

One normally doesn’t associate Albert Einstein with trademarks or branding, but leave it to Steve Cecil, one of the most creative neologists I know, to come up with something.

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Posted in Intellectual Property