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There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/sim
by prakash 18y ago
There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/similar idea.
- Anon84 18y agoThis is also where IP comes in... can you reproduce someones product without violating their patents?
- swombat 18y agoMost of the time, I reckon, yes. Does feedburner even have patents?
- stcredzero 18y agoHave you actually looked at patents? They are a cesspool of legalese and trolling for settlements.
- Anon84 18y agoAren't you just conceeding the point? Patents are crafted like that precisely to prevent people from reproducing the work without violating them. Precise statements are easy to get around... fuzzy ideas and claims are much harder to circumnavigate.
- stcredzero 18y agoYes, but if this cesspool were a real barrier, nothing would ever get done! Ignore at first. You'll be too small to sue. When you start to get somewhere, you can attract those with the resources to defend you.
- michael_dorfman 18y agoI'd think that even taking into account the phenomenon described in the article, it would be quite difficult for a new startup coming that late into the game to build enough traction to be a threat, barring any new and significant ideas.