Intellectual Property 101: Patents, Trade Secrets & Protecting Biotech Innovation

Have you created or imagined something original like a product, design, technology, book, recipe, or piece of art? That’s intellectual property. Join us to discuss how and when should founders be thinking about protecting their innovations. What financial commitments should you expect? This workshop introduces the essentials of intellectual property for early-stage businesses: patents, trade secrets, trademarks, and contracts. We’ll explore practical, low-cost strategies to protect your work, when it’s time to bring in legal expertise, and how to steer clear of common (and expensive) IP missteps.

About the Instructor: Greg Grissett is and intellectual property lawyer that helps new and established enterprises protect their innovations. He helps minimize intellectual property (IP) related risk, and enforce IP rights and defend against IP right assertions through patent preparation and procurement, patent litigation, and various types of patent analysis. He also advises companies on brand protection strategies, protection of creative works via copyrights, and technology transactions.