Creating a Fundable Start-up: From Soup to Nuts

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Creating a Fundable Start-up: From Soup to Nuts Dennis Fernandez, Esq. FERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES LLP www.iploft.com 1/3/2019

Funding Stages EARLY Angels, Private Investors, Bootstrap MID Venture Capitalists, Investment Bankers LATE Corporate Customers, Joint Ventures 1/3/2019

Investor Demeanor EQUITY DEVALUATION LIMITED EXITS IPO, M&A INCREASED REGULATORY SCRUTINY SEC, FDA, INS TECHNOLOGY MARKET TROUBLES E-commerce, Telecom, Biotech, Nanotech? 1/3/2019

Investment Criteria TEAM MARKET TECHNOLOGY Experience, Leadership, Integrity MARKET Size, Timing, Positioning TECHNOLOGY Proprietary, Validation, Cost 1/3/2019

Start-up Checklist ENTITY SELECTION Sole Proprietor, Partnership, Corporate EQUITY ALLOCATION Directors, Officers, Employees, Consultants OPERATIONAL PLAN Product Development, Manufacturing, Channels 1/3/2019

Intellectual Property Rights PATENTS COPYRIGHTS MASKWORKS TRADEMARKS TRADE SECRETS LICENSES 1/3/2019

I.P.R. Strategies Mitigate Patent Infringement Risks Manage Joint-Ownership Exposure Establish Internal Technology Committee Secure Defensive Patent Position Launch Offensive Blocking Patents 1/3/2019

Defense vs. Offense DEFENSIVE PATENTS OFFENSIVE PATENTS Claims Cover Own Products/Methods/Improvements Protects Primarily Against Copying Your Technology OFFENSIVE PATENTS Claims Cover Future Competitors, Industry-Stds? Products/Methods/Improvements Sets-up Possible Cross-Licensing, Acquisition 1/3/2019

Protecting Biotechnology Bioinformatic/Proteomic Software, Databases Copyright vs. Patent Protection Internet Business Methods Sequence/Expression Inventions Biomedical/Molecular Devices, Sensors Interdisciplinary Technical Complexities FDA Approval Delay? 1/3/2019

Protecting Semiconductors COPYRIGHT and MASKWORK Protection for Electronic Design Files (Original Literal-Works, Layout) PATENT Protection for Circuits, Systems, Signal Processing (Un-obvious Functionality, Algorithms) 1/3/2019

Prosecution Considerations Filing Provisional Applications PROs (Cost/Time) & CONs (Enablement-Risk) Filing Foreign Applications PROs (Offshore-Piracy) & CONs (Costs) Speeding-up the Process PROs (Time) & CONs (Cost/Time?) 1/3/2019

Liquidity Options Initial Public Offering Merger / Acquisition Corporate Partnering Technology Licensing 1/3/2019

Valuation Milestones Demonstrate Technology Prototype Secure Customer Design-in Endorsement Achieve Cash-flow Profitability Install Professional Management Team Patent Core Concepts, Business Models 1/3/2019

FERNANDEZ & ASSOCIATES LLP Leading Silicon-Valley Patent Strategy Law Firm (Menlo Park CA) TECHNOLOGY STRENGTHS: Electronics, Software, and Biotech CORE VALUES: Excellence, Teamwork, and Integrity 1/3/2019