Wisdom for Entrepreneurs December 17th, 2010Entrepreneurial Info Highlights: Four successful entrepreneurs offer advice for dealing with the pressures of entrepreneurship. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Lessons from Atlanta’s Leading Angels — John Imlay/Sig Mosley December 16th, 2010MMM Tech Perspectives Lessons from Atlanta’s Leading Angels — John Imlay/Sig Mosley by John C. Yates An historic event occurred on the evening of November 16th — the Technology Executives Roundtable honored Sig Mosley with the first annual Imlay Leadership Award. The remarkable event capped the outstanding careers of Sig and John Imlay and highlighted their outstanding commitment to the technology community in Atlanta. In this two-part series, I first presented my introductory remarks about John and Sig. This second blog post includes the key life lessons from Sig and John during their fireside chat. During the fascinating fireside chat, John and Sig highlighted several key points Read More
Meaningful Results from Chinese Trade Talks? December 15th, 2010Recent Legal News In a letter to U.S. trade representatives, lawmakers push for “meaningful objective commitments and metrics” on IP theft, U.S. software exports, foreign exchange and other issues in the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade meetings this week. Read Article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Rise in Junior VC Compensation December 14th, 2010Finance, Accounting & Compensation Highlights: New compensation survey of the venture capital industry shows the average compensation of junior VC professionals rose 26 percent this year. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
GNU Affero General Public License: Risks and Opportunities December 14th, 2010IP/Patents/Trademark Privacy/Security GNU Affero General Public License: Risks and Opportunities By: Paul H. Arne[1],[2] The GNU Affero General Public License[3] (“AGPL”) is a special license in the family of open source licenses, creating risks and opportunities that do not exist with most other open source licenses. For a significant period of time after the introduction of this license in late 2007,[4] the use of this license was fairly limited. Even though the use of the AGPL is fairly limited in proportion to other open source licenses, its use is now sufficiently prevalent that attorneys may come in contact with this license. This article will Read More
Advice from LinkedIn Co-Founder: “Build a Network” December 13th, 2010Entrepreneurial Info LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman offers advice to entrepreneurs at the “Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford” forum. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Featured VC: Technology Crossover Ventures December 13th, 2010Venture Capital Tim McAdam of Technology Crossover Ventures discusses state of venture and growth capital investment at December 2010 event in Atlanta. [cincopa A0EAjZ6liMXu] For more information on TCV, click here This information is presented for educational purposes and is not intended to constitute legal advice. Opinions expressed are those of the interviewee and not of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP; see disclaimer at http://www.www.mmmtechlaw.com/privacy-policy-and-disclaimer/. Contact John Yates for more information at jyates@mmmlaw.com. Read More
Deepwater Wind Energy in the News December 13th, 2010Clean Tech/Green Energy Highlights: Deepwater Wind has applied to federal authorities to build the largest proposed offshore-wind farm in the United States, a 200-turbine project in Rhode Island Sound. Read article. Comments? Join the discussion on the MMMTechLaw LinkedIn group page. Read More
Courts Continue to Whittle Away at Business Method Patents December 9th, 2010Patents/IP COURTS CONTINUE TO WHITTLE AWAY AT BUSINESS METHOD PATENTS Western Union Payment System Patents Found Obvious and Unpatentable by: John R. Harris The federal courts continue to whittle away at the prospects for protecting software and business methods with patents. Dec. 7, 2010 was a day of infamy for Western Union’s four patents relating to methods and systems of sending money through a financial services organization – all four patents were ruled invalid by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). The system in all four patents relates to money transfer services such as those offered by Western Union Read More
MMM’s John Yates to Chair Duke Law School Development Committee December 9th, 2010MMM Tech Law Video Channel Atlanta, GA (December 9, 2010) – John Yates, who chairs the Technology Practice at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, will chair the Development Committee for the Duke Law School Board of Visitors. In this role, he will help the law school’s dean and associate dean craft fund-raising strategies and provide leadership for ongoing development efforts. “I am delighted John has agreed to play such an important role for Duke Law. He will provide Dean David F. Levi and me important counsel on planning, marketing, and program development, which will define our fundraising efforts in the years ahead,” said Associate Read More