4th Denver Hardware Meetup @ Holland & Hart
Join us for our 4th Denver Hardware meetup! This month we'll be talking about intellectual property (IP) strategy, one of the most important (and often overlooked) parts of building a successful hardware company.
🤖 Bring physical demos! It can be products, prototypes, components, or anything physical.
Agenda
6:30 -6:40p - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
6:40 -6:50p - Welcome and introduction
6:50 - 7:10p - Guest Talks
7:10 - 7:20p - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they're working on.7:20-9:30p - Mix + mingle
Speakers
Molly Kocialski, Of Counsel, Holland & Hart—Molly is a widely respected intellectual property attorney with decades of experience helping clients obtain, protect, and maximize the value of their intellectual property. Throughout her career, including nearly a decade as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Rocky Mountain Regional Outreach Office, she has earned recognition for her deep expertise in IP law and her passion for educating innovators, entrepreneurs, and businesses about the power of intellectual property.
Cyndi Bray was fed up with her sheets wadding-up in the laundry, so she invented the solution. Cyndi launched Wad-Free® for Bed Sheets direct to consumer during the pandemic, quickly turning her laundry pet peeve into a thriving company and a global household name. Wad-Free received accolades from Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, Reader’s Digest, and more, and even appeared on Shark Tank. The success of the brand — from its 2020 launch through 2025 acquisition — was due in large part to a strong intellectual property wall.
Joe is a Mechanical Engineer with a background in product design and robotics, and a passion for building hardware and the community of people that love it. Currently he works at Honeybee Robotics/Blue Origin building new actuators and sensors for spacecraft. He enjoys developing systems with dependencies across electronics, software, controls, and mechanisms and thrives on a team where it all comes together.
Hosted and sponsored by
Founded in 1947, Holland & Hart LLP is a full-service law firm with more than 500 lawyers in nine states and Washington, DC delivering integrated legal solutions to regional, national, and international clients across a diverse range of industries. Our intellectual property group partners with clients to develop and execute strategic approaches to innovation, branding, and technology assets. Throughout the IP lifecycle, from prosecution and portfolio management to commercialization, complex transactions, enforcement, and litigation, Holland & Hart leverages its technical, legal, and industry experience to provide practical, business-focused counsel tailored to each client's goals.
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