The Chippendales is a TV-series about the dramatic history of the touring dance troupe the Chipendales. I will leave out all the drama details of the show and focus on some takeouts from IP and business perspective here. …

AI tools are now readily available to everyone, regardless of programming or data science skills. You can easily use AI to generate text, images, or code in just a few seconds by simply inputting what you want to see. However, the question of ownership arises when it comes to art…

“Dropout” is a tv series covering the reality based story behind the rise and fall of the infamous biomedical startup Theranos. Not only it is a fascinating story (which you can discover yourself), the series provides some important takeouts for the startups regarding intellectual property. Some of my brief takeouts: …

Personal data compliance issues has become a reality for most businesses processing personal data related to European citizens. Even those businesses located outside EU, and not collecting personal data directly, need to comply due to demands from legislation and data-collecting customers. Requirements of GDPR are equal to all, large multinationals…

It was not long ago I’ve discussed what are the NFTs compared to tangible/intangible assets. And, of course, as it happened earlier with music and film industries being turned upside down by Napster and PirateBay, there is now a popular place for pirated NFTs called NFT Bay. …

Facebook has recently changed the name to “Meta” proceeded with the infinity sign. Arguably, the company was not too creative when naming their offerings (think “Messenger”). At the same time, their brand names sound like bold ambitious statements. From now on, every time you say “meta verse” or “meta data”…

Recently, I’ve been digging into the area of crypto and found out about the concept of DAO. DAO stands for Decentralised Autonomous Organisation. Even though the concept is in its’ infancy stage, compared to any other forms of legal entities, there are some important things to learn. DAO stands for…

NFT is definitively an interesting concept worth attention. Especially if you look at it as an asset, or a piece of property. While the value created in NFT space is enormous it seems that the mechanisms for capturing this value are yet to be developed in the future. What does…

Why patent application is a good add-on to the investment case for a start-up “This was the most expensive paper in my life” It is a quote from one of the inventors speaking about her patent family in two EU countries and US. As many independent start-ups she didn’t have…