TECHdotMN: News about Minnesota Startups

Take two: copyright claim forces mobile app redux

January 30, 2012 | by Jeff Pesek Comments

A copyright conflict nearly took down Eden Prairie tech entrepreneur Richard (Rick) Perry, but the 25-year software veteran has survived to re-launch his mobile app this week.

Whooznear, the name of Perry’s 2 year old invention was strikingly similar in sound (and function) to Who’s Here — product of San Mateo firm MyRete.

“I was loosely aware of the similarities but didn’t fully consider the legalities at the time of startup. They have $1.4 in funding and could out-attorney me in about an hour,” he says describing the process of scrapping and starting over as iConnexUs under Primmo Apps.

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January 28, 2012 | sourced Comments

Via News Release

“ST. PAUL, MINN. (January 27, 2012) — Reeher LLC announced that Temple University has joined the Reeher Platform, the first shared management system dedicated to higher-education fundraising in which features and tools added for one customer benefit all.

The public Philadelphia-based university, which serves approximately 39,000 students and nearly 280,000 alumni, is using the Reeher Platform to optimize annual giving programs, increase major giving effectiveness and maintain strong alumni relations.”

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