Entrepreneurs

Madison, Wis. - Madison Development Corp. (MDC) reported Wednesday that is has made $600,000 in new "Venture Debt" loans to three Madison technology companies since starting its new Venture Debt Fund this year, including one loan made earlier this month....

When creative concepts collide unexpectedly, this sudden accident incubates a branding process, which can result in a random selection of a weird strategy....

Businesses that manufacture FDA-regulated products are not the only ones that can be inspected by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration at any time. The FDA also inspects clinical trial sites (studies in humans) and nonclinical laboratories that conduct animal, plant or microorganism studies...

Today, for the first time, China has 100 million people on the Internet, 30 percent of whom are on broadband. Within a few years, a billion people in Asia will be playing with e-commerce. All that power and all that technology replicating at a phenomenal...

Madison, Wis. — The National Institutes of Health has awarded Madison-based Stratatech Corporation a $4 million Fast-Track SBIR grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases....

Trademark law is becoming increasingly important as businesses seek to protect and enhance the value of the goodwill that has built up as a result of the business' products and services....

Large trademark holders go out of their way to prevent small entrepreneurs from using similar names. While trademark owners have an obligation to protect their marks, they may overreach in determining how much effort they have to put into protecting their marks when consumer confusion...