Author Archives: mwillee

Social media is a great way to connect to a large audience. It allows for individuals and companies to share content with people all over the world. But the inherent danger that comes with such a large audience is the increased number of people who might misappropriate your creations. The relative anonymity that you can findContinue reading “Facebook Introduces Rights Manager to Combat Infringement”

Whenever I hear something repeated, questioned, or discussed by three independent sources, I consider it a sign that I should pay attention, and in today’s case, my personal “rule of three” inspired me to write this article. There are some amazing, exciting things happening in Arizona’s tech ecosystem, but we have to step back andContinue reading “Phoenix Business Journal Update: Valley Tech Companies Need Less Networking, More Action”

I recently attended WebSummit’s US franchise Collision in New Orleans. Note to self: bring along gluten-free snacks for next trip to NOLA! In all seriousness, it was a very slick conference – excellent use of space to pack in 630 startups! 

We end our lessons learned series (co-authored by me and Mike Willee) with our favorite topic, intellectual property (IP). Many entrepreneurs fail to recognize the importance of IP—let alone the value of an IP protection plan in the earliest stages of their businesses. Building a brand, creating a minimum viable product, generating sales leads, andContinue reading “Forbes Update – Startups are Personal, Part VIII: Protect Your Intellectual Property From the Start”

This article originally appeared on the GoDaddy blog.

You can read Part 1 here.

This article originally appeared on the GoDaddy blog. 

As a tech company, we love seeing young people with a passion and interest in the technology sector. It’s not a stretch to say that technology is not only the future of our economy, but of humans as a species. Tech will enable us to accomplish things we had never before dreamed possible, and it’sContinue reading “AZ Great Code Challenge Launches Version 2.0”

The past few month have seen a spate of trademark and copyright filings that some would argue border on the absurd. Several entities have either attempted to trademark or pursued legal action related to trademarks that many would consider to be fairly broad, generic terms or phrases. Perhaps most famously, YouTube personalities tried to trademarkContinue reading “Citigroup and AT&T Locked in Trademark Battle”

This is a guest blog from John Boruvka of Iron Mountain’s Intellectual Property Management unit, originally featured on the Iron Mountain blog.