April 2006

Posted on April 28, 2006 at 10:10 AM
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Congratulations to the New Jersey chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. At the ACG's national InterGrowth meeting in Orlando this week, the chapter won the 2006 "Outstanding Corporate Focus" award. President Mark Kuehn, directors Terry Bentley and Allen Kohan and the rest of the group surely deserve the...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 21, 2006 at 2:20 PM
Filed under: Intellectual property

When it comes to finding a corporate buyer for your startups, entrepreneurs should be leery of giving away too many rights to their intellectual property and should be realistic in their expectations of growth as well as valuation according to a panel of four corporate development executives who spoke at...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 20, 2006 at 3:15 PM
Filed under: Intellectual property

Do patent auctions have a bright future? Barry Evans and Gregory Dolin think so, and they argue their case in a column on the Corporate Dealmaker site. Ocean Tomo, organizer of the first live, multi-lot auction, naturally agrees—check out this upbeat account of the event the firm ran on...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 19, 2006 at 1:17 PM
Filed under: Intellectual property

Many corporate dealmakers have recently been tasked with chasing the latest "money for nothing" scheme - patent licensing. Motivated by recent best sellers such as "Rembrants in the Attic" and "Edison in the Boardroom", CFOs and General Counsels believe they are sitting on a jewel in the rough, which...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 15, 2006 at 7:36 PM
Filed under: Cover Story | Joint Ventures and Alliances | March-April 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: chemicals , Croyle , Dow Chemical , joint ventures , JVs , M&A , M&A Technology Center , MEGlobal , Scheid , Union Carbide

Why JVs have become so important to the chemical industry leader - and how the company has gotten so good at making them work.  Continue reading

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Posted on April 15, 2006 at 7:15 PM
Filed under: Cover Story | Joint Ventures and Alliances | March-April 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: Advance/Newhouse , AT&T , cable , cell phones , Comcast , competitive , data , Garcia , Internet , joint venture , market access , phones , R&D , Sprint , Sprint Nextel , technological , telecom , Thigpen , Time Warner , Verizon , video , voice , wireless

A new $200 million JV among Sprint Nextel and four cable TV companies aims to fend off competition on both sides.  Continue reading

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Posted on April 15, 2006 at 7:05 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | March-April 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: acquirer , cash deals , corporate development , corporate strategy , deal team , growth strategy , M&A , merger boom , strategic alternatives

Too many companies continue to get acquisitions backwards, reacting to opportunities instead of actively screening them. Time for a fresh approach.  Continue reading

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Posted on April 15, 2006 at 6:01 PM
Filed under: Job Description | March-April 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: copyright-infringement , Firefox , Frank Hecker , licensing , Mozilla , open-source , software , trademark

Building software through an open-source community might result in a better product, but from a licensing standpoint it can be a nightmare. A single open-source application might contain millions of lines of code written by countless programmers worldwide. To help protect users of the application from copyright-infringement accusations, contributing...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 15, 2006 at 5:53 PM
Filed under: Joint Ventures and Alliances | March-April 2006 | Q&A | The Magazine
Tagged: books , Control Data , Eye for Innovation , IP , Making Innovation Pay , patents , Reinventing Corporate Growth , strategic alliance , Well-Times Strategy

Re-inventing Corporate Growth, The Eye for Innovation, Making Innovation Pay and The Well-Timed Strategy.  Continue reading

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Posted on April 15, 2006 at 5:43 PM
Filed under: Legal Brief | March-April 2006 | The Magazine
Tagged: accounting , cost basis , deal structure , equity method , integration , investors , joint venture , legal briefing , licensing , market value , OEM , tax , thinkery

The legal consequences of avoiding sensitive topics in deal negotiations, and why accounting issues should be considered before choosing a collaborative deal structure.  Continue reading

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