Startups must build IP portfolios once they reach billion-dollar valuations
Demetrius Giannoccaro · 696: The Debate: Are Patents "Entrepreneurial" Or Unfair? · Jun 20, 2017 · at 5:41
Demetrius Giannoccaro, founder of patent SaaS platform IAMIP, argues that patent defense becomes essential as startups scale into billion-dollar companies.
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“Regardless whether you're a Snapchat or let's say that you're Uber, you need to file patents because in the end of the day, as long as you're small, nobody will care if you do whatever they do. But once you start to become the huge billion valuated company, you have to create your IP.”
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