Yates Perspectives – Vol. II

August 20th, 2010
MMM Tech Perspectives

The “Series A” Dilemma

The line is growing of entrepreneurial companies seeking Series A funding in the range of $1-2 million.  In the course of my three decades of representing tech companies, I can’t remember so many entrepreneurs looking for Series A money at the same time.

This is a good news/bad news story.  The good news is there are dozens of entrepreneurs starting companies and bootstrapping them with their own money and cash from friends and family.  A significant number of these new entrepreneurs are first-timers — and many of them are bouncing back from a recent lay-off or consulting role. 

The

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Flash “Zombie Cookies” Litigation

August 20th, 2010
Patents/IP
Practical Pointer:  Web developers should be careful about adopting web intelligence gathering techniques that put information onto users computers.  A recent class action lawsuit in California relating to ADOBE FLASH “zombie cookies” highlights the risk of intelligence gathering using certain techniques.  A number of companies including Hulu, MySpace, MTV, ESPN, ABC, NBC and Scribd were sued for allegedly using zombie cookies.  Briefly, zombie cookies are data called “Local Shared Objects” (LSO’s) stored on a user’s computer by ADOBE Flash.  Some programmers have used this memory space to store a backup of cookies generated during a web browsing session.  If the user deletes their cookies, the

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Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Launches MMM Tech Law & Business Report

August 19th, 2010
MMM Tech Perspectives

 

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP Launches

MMM Tech Law & Business Report

 A Site for Tech Entrepreneurs

 

Atlanta, GA (August 18, 2010)Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP, one of Atlanta’s leading law firms and a national leader in representing technology companies, is pleased to announce the launch of the MMM Tech Law & Business Report  (www.www.mmmtechlaw.com).  The mission of the Firm’s technology-focused Report is to provide timely and relevant information to entrepreneurs, investors and strategic partners covering business, legal, financial, accounting, tax, technology and related topics.

“We’re providing our clients and the technology community a single portal delivering a broad

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Oracle Sues Google Over Use of Java

August 18th, 2010
Patents/IP

 

Practical Pointer: InfoWorld Developer reports that Oracle seems intent on a scorched-earth fight to profit from JAVA.  Oracle has kicked off filing patent and copyright lawsuits against major users such as Google.  Companies that rely heavily on JAVA to implement their products should monitor developments in this area — and look at their indemnity clauses, especially if not directly licensing from Sun. Full Article.

 
 
 

 
 

 

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