Author Archives: Jean Niehues

 

This is a guest blog written by Michael Ibberson, a writer based out of Toronto, Ontario. He covers the most up to date news and information in regards to crowdfunding for the CrowdClan blog. It goes without saying that crowdfunding offers an amazing opportunity for innovators, entrepreneurs, and artists to raise funds for a projectContinue reading “Step-by-Step Crowdfunding: How to Turn Any Project into a Smashing Success”

Growing up in Wisconsin, there are a few things that are inescapable:

“Man Capturing a Photo of a Piano Player” (CC BY 2.0) by MusicOomph   If you’re in charge of composing boat loads of content on a regular basis, you understand the stress of coming up with content that is original and your own to avoid infringing on other’s copywritten or trademarked materials. As someone who has the responsibilityContinue reading “A Few of Our Favorite FREE Resources to Help You Avoid IP Infringement”

I had the honor of sitting on the “Women in Entrepreneurship” panel in late December at an Arizona Technology Council Startup Connect AZ event with some very impressive entrepreneurs and professionals. This panel was very different from one that I moderated a month earlier in November. My panelists were for the most part younger thanContinue reading “Men Are From Mars, Women Might Be Too…Or At Least Me”

Last night, the New Year New Business open house event hosted at CEI by Traklight and AZBIA was a smashing success. Arizona has a wealth of incredibly rich resources that can help you get your idea off the ground.  The event proved to be a great educational evening for not just the entrepreneurs and smallContinue reading “AZBIA and Traklight Join to Provide Invaluable Business Resources”

This blog was originally written for Lewis Roca Rothgerber on December 20, 2013 by Shane Olafson. Shane Olafson is a partner in the Lewis Roca Rothgerber’s Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice Groups.

We recently had a discussion in an attempt to clarify when a startup transitions to becoming a young company. Our amazing Evangelist Michael Witham did some research and found no cut and dried definition. Based on my day yesterday, I believe it is when you have something I would call “bench strength.” Trace back toContinue reading “Bench Strength”

What I learned about IP before I started at Traklight?

Intellectual property and 3D printing don’t get talked about often, mainly because 3D printing is still growing into a mainstream activity. But with 3D printing starting to become more accessible to businesses and homes, what kind of intellectual property issues might develop that your business will need to protect or analyze?