Patent Strategy for Founders
Intellectual property is critical for raising capital and may ultimately become your company’s most valuable asset. Accordingly, founders should consider IP strategy when developing their business plan and throughout the life of their company.
Patents can prevent a competitor from copying your product or developing a competing product that applies the same principles. You should weigh the benefits of an early filing against the potential for broader claims that may be patentable with a more fully disclosed invention. Founders should also consider the patent landscape in their field and decide whether to avoid or license third party patents. Join us for an introduction to the requirements for obtaining a patent and a discussion about how to use patent and other IP to support your company.
This session will cover:
Protecting your IP with patents or trade secrets
Prior art vs. freedom to operate
Is your invention patentable?
Patent claims
Steps in patent prosecution
When to file a patent
About Dr. Eric Grote, JD PhD
Dr. Grote is the founder of Grote Biotech Patent Law. Prior to starting his own firm, he was a patent attorney at Wilson Sonsini, Morgan Lewis, and Minerva Biotechnologies, and a professor at Johns Hopkins, where he investigated cell fusion. Eric was educated at MIT (BS), UCSF (PhD in Cell Biology), Yale (postdoc), and the University of Maryland (JD).
About TINS
Technology Innovation Studio (TINS) is an innovation studio that uses systems dynamics models to accelerate innovation. We also build interest groups based programming, and communities through curated events. In the past year alone, we organized over 60 curated events at the Cambridge Innovation Center. The studio complements this with expert-led concierge and consulting service, venture creation teams primarily in biotech, as well as syndicated investments in early-stage deep-tech companies.